LINCOLN, NEBRASKA – The Labor Day holiday weekend was filled with celebration as four drivers won their respective classes at the SCCA ProSolo Finale in Lincoln, Nebraska while competing on Toyo Proxes R1R tires. The premier event of the eight race national ProSolo series, the ProSolo Finale draws hundreds of entries from around the U.S. to compete on exciting mirror image race courses at Lincoln Airpark.

Sixteen drivers competed in the ST (Street Touring) class, 11 on Proxes R1R extreme performance tires. Bill Bounds and Team Toyo’s Tim Smith shared a 1989 Honda Civic Si for the competition. Bounds scored the victory, while Smith finished in second place by only .003 seconds over a cumulative six races. Their 2010 finish is a reverse of their 2009 ProSolo Finale, where Smith won with Bounds close behind. In all, Toyo shod cars swept the top five spots in ST for 2010.

Ian Baker won his second consecutive STS class championship, this year as a Team Toyo driver. In addition to Baker’s 1988 Honda CRX, the second place vehicle was also equipped with Proxes R1R tires.

“Lincoln is a really high grip track. The Toyo Proxes R1R was the tire to be on… they’re just awesome,” said Baker. “It feels nice to win again. The competition is pretty stiff as you are meeting people from all over the country, many for the first time which provides an unknown.”

In the STR class, Team Toyo’s Ken Motonishi piloted his 2009 Mazda Miata MX-5 to a dominant first place finish with a margin of 1.621-seconds over second place. Motonishi switched from a front wheel drive Honda last season to the rear wheel drive Mazda to win once again on Proxes R1R’s. This is a milestone win, as it is the first year for the popular class.

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