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Vincent Haskovec, Jeremy Toye, Chuck Graves and Jeff Tigert were the stars of Saturday’s WSMC races at Willow Springs International Raceway.

Haskovec, riding an Attack Suzuki GSX-R1000 in place of injured Jason Pridmore in preparation for Sunday’s Toyota 200, took the Premier Toyota Cup Unlimted Formula One victory. Lee’s Cycles’ Toye took commanding wins in Open Superbike and 750cc Superbike as well as third in Formula One. Graves Yamaha YZF-R6-mounted Chuck Graves won in 600cc Superstock, finished a close second in Open Superbike to Toye, was drafted at the line by Jason Perez in 650cc Superbike and finished fourth in the Toyota Cup race.

Tigert, riding a Twin Works Factory Suzuki SV650 in preparation for the upcoming Suzuki Cup, took wins in 550cc Superbike (which allow ups to 650cc V-Twins) and B.O.T.T. Middleweight. In both races Suzuki SV650 rider Danny Ayala finished second.

The Premier Toyota Cup Unlimited Formula One race was a preview of Sunday’s Toyota 200 with the majority of the top qualifiers entering for extra practice. Haskovec used his track knowledge and Formula Xtreme-spec GSX-R1000 to take a five-second victory over teammate-for-the-weekend and recently crowned AMA Superstock Champion Josh Hayes.

2002 WSMC Champion Toye got the holeshot on his Suzuki GSX-R1000, but was quickly passed by Haskovec going into turn two. Haskovec then gapped Toye, who was passed by 17th-place starter Hayes on the second lap. Hayes looked set to give Haskovec a run for the money but was unable to make up any ground on Haskovec, who was consistently turning laps in the low-1:20 range. Toye kept the hard-charging Graves at bay for third. Jack Pfeifer and Adam “Crusty” Fergusson battled for fifth for the second half of the 12-lap race with Pfeifer coming out on top. Suzuki GSX-R1000-mounted Stoney Landers finished seventh followed by Perez on a Graves Yamaha YZF-R1. Will Eikenberry took ninth and Jeff Stern rounded out the top ten.

Saturday also featured the two qualifying heat races for Sunday’s Roadracingworld.com 250/50. Rich Oliver dominated heat race one, winning by over 10 seconds, while Mike Montoya took a six-second win in the second race and will join Oliver and second place finishers Mark Watts and Darren Fulce on the front row. All four riders are on Yamaha TZ250s.

Finishing third in the first heat race was Aprilia-mounted Colin Jensen, who was followed by Ed Sorbo on a TZ250 while Honda RS250 rider Alex White rounded out the top five.

In the second heat race third through fifth was close with all three finishing nose-to-tail. Wes Totsubo on a Honda RS250 came out on top despite being passed in turn nine the last two laps by fourth-place finisher John Ulrich on a Roadracingworld.com Yamaha TZ250.

Aprilia RS250 rider Nobi Iso worked his way up from the back of the grid to finish fifth, less than three seconds behind Ulrich.

Complete results will be posted when they become available.