Super Late Model battle heats up at Orange
Show Speedway as accident costs leader most of his points advantage
SAN BERNARDINO (Aug. 19, 07) –
The battle for the Hype Manufacturing Super Late Model title heated
up considerably on a hot Saturday night at Orange Show Speedway.
Highland ’s Rob Kiemele was a wire-to-wire
winner of the 50-lap main event, holding off close friend Linny White
of Fontana over the final 35 laps. But points leader Rick Chavez was
a non-finisher and saw his once comfortable advantage trimmed to two
points over third-place finisher Frankie Gould and 16 over fourth-place
John Manke.
Earlier in the evening, Eddie Secord continued to
dominate the ASA Pro 4 series with his eighth win in 10 races, Spencer
Samaro moved closer to the Aflac Factory Fours title with his third
win of the season, Dean Caskey ended Mike O’Hara’s three-race
win streak in the Mini StocKar feature, and 11-year-old Benjamin Mahan
took the Jr. Mini StocKar main for his fifth win this season and 13th
in a row over two years.
Chavez, who recently moved from Lakeside to Murrieta,
was running fifth with 20 laps to go when his car and those driven by
Travis Stockman and Glen Cummings got together in Turn 2 of the ASA-sanctioned
quarter-mile oval.
Cummings was able to continue and recouped to finish
fifth. But Chavez and Stockman both went to the pits to stay and finished
10th and 11th, respectively. As a result, Chavez lost 14 points to Gould
and 12 to Manke, and a lead that was 34 points on June 2 now is two
points (432-430) with four of the 14 races remaining.
Kiemele, who sat out all but one of the season’s
first seven races, got the pole after fast qualifier White pulled a
six in the draw to determine how many cars will be inverted for the
start. That seemed a precarious place to be during the wild opening
laps, when Manke, White and Chavez all applied some pressure.
Manke emerged with second and held it until he spun
to avoid running into Kiemele entering Turn 3 after 13 laps. That put
White in second and Gould in third and that’s where they stayed
to the finish. And after his first main event win, Kiemele thanked White
for helping him set up his victorious Chevrolet Monte Carlo.
Secord, the top qualifier in Pro 4, also started
sixth in a field of 14 that included two drivers from Utah and two others
who concentrate primarily on the touring Southwest Pro 4 series. He
moved up gradually while Kendall Scheidecker and John Soares battled
for the early lead, then roared past Randy Becker Jr. to take the lead
while Scheidecker pulled off on a caution flag restart with six laps
to go.
Samaro was easily the night’s most surprised
winner. Starting in the sixth row of a field totally inverted from the
finishing order of two weeks ago, Samaro moved his Toyota pickup into
the top five by lap 5 and then joined Jeff Imbriani and Tony Dumont
in an intense battle for the lead.
When starter Jerry Burhop waved the white flag signaling
one lap to go in the 30-lap contest, Samaro was fourth. But as the tightly-grouped
field raced through Turn 4 for the final time, Dumont and Imbriani got
together in a collision that left Imbriani’s truck on its side
and Samaro was able to sneak through the carnage and take the checkered
flag.
ORANGE SHOW SPEEDWAY
Saturday, August 18, 2007
RACE RESULTS
HYPE MANUFACTURING SUPER LATE MODELS
Main event (50 laps) – 1. Rob Kiemele, Highland
, Chevrolet Monte Carlo ; 2. Linny White, Fontana , Chevrolet Monte
Carlo ; 3. Frankie Gould, Woodland Hills, Chevrolet Monte Carlo ; 4.
John Manke, Ramona, Chevrolet Monte Carlo ; 5. Glen Cummings, Highland
, Pontiac Grand Prix/Chevrolet.
Heat race winners – Mark Shackleford, Riverside
, Chevrolet Monte Carlo; White. Trophy dash winner – Manke. Fast
qualifier – White.
ASA PRO 4
Main event (30 laps) – 1. Eddie Secord, Oak
Hills, Pontiac Grand Prix/Ford; 2. Randy Becker Jr., Highland , Chevrolet
Monte Carlo/Ford; 3. Kurt Madsen, South Jordan , Utah , Chevrolet Monte
Carlo/Honda; 4. Rex Lockwood, Victorville, Chevrolet Monte Carlo/Ford;
5. Chuck Becker II, Cabazon, Chevrolet Monte Carlo/Ford.
Heat race winners – Becker II; Becker Jr. Trophy
dash winner – Bryan Glidewell, Cerritos , Pontiac GTO/Ford. Fast
qualifier – Secord.
AFLAC FACTORY FOURS
Main event (30 laps) – 1. Spencer Samaro, San
Bernardino , Toyota pickup; 2. Tony Dumont, Irvine , Mercedes Benz;
3. Martin Huizenga, Hemet , Nissan pickup; 4. Art Ramirez, Walnut, Toyota
Celica; 5. Gerrit Hodge, Moreno Valley , Honda CRX.
Heat race winners – Darrell Kelso, San Bernardino
, Honda; Huizenga. Trophy dash winner – Hodge. Fast qualifier
– Dumont .
MINI STOCKARS
Main event (25 laps) – 1. Dean Caskey, Grand
Terrace, Ford Thunderbird/Honda; 2. Mike O’Hara, Canyon Country,
Chevrolet Monte Carlo/Honda; 3. Joey McKeag, Paramount , Chdevrolet
Monte Carlo/Honda; 4. Patti Caskey, Grand Terrace, Ford Thunderbird/Honda;
5. Kim Williams, Ventura , Chevrolet Monte Carlo/Honda.
Heat race winner – Rick Walton, La Crescenta,
Ford Thunderbird/Honda. Trophy dash winner – O’Hara. Fast
qualifier – O’Hara.
JR. MINI STOCKARS
Main event (20 laps) – 1. Benjamin Mahan, Hesperia,
Ford Fusion/Honda; 2. Tony Forfa IV, Redlands , Chevrolet Monte Carlo/Honda;
3. Toby Becker, Highland , Chevrolet Monte Carlo/Honda; 4. Jacob Hornsby,
San Bernardino , Ford Fusion/Honda; 5. Steve Remley Jr., Long Beach
, Chevrolet Monte Carlo/Honda.
Heat race winner – Tony Forfa IV, Redlands
, Chevrolet Monte Carlo/Honda. Trophy dash winner – Forfa IV.
Fast qualifier – Benjamin Mahan, Hesperia, Ford Fusion/Honda.
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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