Kuhn dominates Modified main event at Orange
Show Speedway
SAN BERNARDINO (June 10, 2007) –
Dean Kuhn spent the money necessary for 10 hours of testing at Orange
Show Speedway. Saturday night (June 9) he made that testing pay off
with a wire-to-wire win in the Lucas Oil ASA Modified Series.
The Oceanside driver qualified second and started
on the pole alongside fast qualifier Jason Patison, then surged ahead
when the green flag waved and stayed there through 75 laps of the ASA-sanctioned
quarter-mile oval at the National Orange Show Events Center .
The race, the third of nine this season for the touring
series, was slowed appreciably by two red flags and five yellow caution
flags, and at the end only eight of the 22 starters were on the lead
lap. One of those red flags, on lap 11, was waved after Colby McMillin
of Los Alamitos caught a tire in a rut while trying to avoid another
car and flipped several times on the back straightaway. Fortunately,
McMillin escaped injury.
With a crowd of 3,648 looking on, Kuhn was able to
avoid all the trouble and maintain his lead without a challenge. Mike
Salm of Oceanside moved into second and Billy Johanneck of Phoenix took
third when Patison spun on lap two and remained in that order to the
finish. Patison, who had won the season’s first two races, dropped
to 21st after pitting for a tire change, but worked his way into fourth
at the checkered flag.
BSR West Late Model points leader and defending champion
Jim Conklin of Big Bear rolled to his third win in seven starts, and
for the first time this season a class that had had more than its share
of accidents completed 35 laps without a yellow caution flag.
Conklin, the fast qualifier, started on the pole
and led every inch of the event, with Jimmy Rouse Jr. of San Bernardino
second and Anthony Mainella of Palmdale third from start to finish.
Tom Smith of Lakewood continued his perfect season
in the Lucas Oil Outlaw Figure 8 class by capturing his seventh straight
main event. Smith started on the outside pole, took the lead from Rusty
Stewart of Long Beach at the start, then held off Stewart for 30 laps.
Riverside Norte Vista High student Bree Brewer, 17,
got her third win in the past four races and padded her lead in the
Leno’s Rico Taco Legends Cars class. Brewer started on the pole
in her scale-model, Yamaha-powered 1934 Ford sedan and led all 30 laps.
Santee ’s Darren Amidon started fifth and finished second to remain
within 12 points of Brewer after seven of the 14 races. Brewer is the
only driver in the class with a top five finish in every event.
ORANGE SHOW SPEEDWAY
Saturday, June 9, 2007
RACE RESULTS
LUCAS OIL ASA MODIFIEDS
Main event (75 laps) –
1. Dean Kuhn, Oceanside ; 2. Mike Salm, Fallbrook; 3. Billy Johannex,
Phoenix ; 4. Jason Patison, Corona ; 5. Scott Brown, Spring Valley .
Trophy dash winner –
Johannex. Fast qualifier – Patison.
BSR WEST LATE MODELS
Main event (35 laps) –
1. Jim Conklin, Big Bear, Pontiac Grand Prix/Chevrolet engine; 2. Jimmy
Rouse Jr., San Bernardino , Ford Thunderbird; 3. Anthony Mainella, Palmdale,
Chevrolet Monte Carlo ; 4. Dave Arce, Santee , Pontiac Grand Prix/Chevrolet;
5. Brian Malone, Grand Terrace, Chevrolet Monte Carlo .
Heat race winners –
Justin DeJaynes, Lancaster, Chevrolet Monte Carlo; Conklin. Trophy
dash winner – Arce. Fast qualifier – Conklin.
LUCAS OIL OUTLAW FIGURE 8
Main event (30 laps) –
1. Tom Smith, Lakewood , Chevrolet; 2. Rusty Stewart, Long Beach , Homebuilt;
3. Harry Kuenniger, San Bernardino ; 4. Jerome Toporek, San Bernardino
; 5. Robert Snyder II, Sun City .
Heat race winners –
Smith. Trophy dash winner – Jay Henson, Oak Hills, Chevrolet.
Fast qualifier – Stewart.
LENO’S RICO TACO LEGENDS CARS
Main event (30 laps) –
1. Bree Brewer, Riverside , ’34 Ford sedan/Yamaha engine; 2. Darren
Amidon, Santee , ’34 Ford sedan/Yamaha; 3. Gary Scheuerell, Murrieta,
’34 Ford sedan/Yamaha; 4. Austin Murphy, Lancaster, ’34
Ford coupe/Yamaha; 5. Brent Scheidemantle, Alta Loma, ’37 Dodge
coupe/Yamaha.
Heat race winners –
Broc Murphy, Lancaster, ’34 Ford coupe/Yamaha; Austin Murphy,
Lancaster , ’34 Ford coupe/Yamaha. Trophy dash winner –
Gary Scheuerell, Murrieta, ’34 Ford sedan/Yamaha. Fast qualifier
– Austin Murphy.
For further information, contact Jim Short at 951-203-2649
or jimshort65@sbcglobal.net, call Orange Show Speedway at 909-888-6788,
X438, or visit the web site at www.nosevents.com.
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