Super Late Model points lead changes hands
as Price wins Orange Show Speedway feature
SAN BERNARDINO (Sept. 9, 2007) –
Charles Price made his first start at Orange Show Speedway since mid-May
and won Saturday night’s 50-lap Hype Manufacturing Super Late
Model main event.
The big winner was the driver who finished fifth,
though. That was Frankie Gould, of Woodland Hills, who went into the
11th of the season’s 14 races two points behind in the standings
and came out of it 10 points ahead of former leader Rick Chavez and
John Manke, who are tied for second.
Gould had gotten further good news before the race,
too, although he didn’t know it at the time. One of the three
remaining Super Late Model events, most likely the one scheduled for
Oct. 6, has been changed from a points race to an open competition 100-lap
main event.
That means Gould only has to protect his lead for
two races, instead of three, to claim his first championship at the
ASA-sanctioned track.
FRANKIE GOULD
Chavez, of Murrieta, saw his string of late-season
bad luck continue. He had seen his lead trimmed to two points when he
finished 10th after an accident Aug. 18. Saturday, he limped home 11th
after colliding with Rob Kiemele on lap 21.
Price and Mark Shackleford, the front-row starters,
set the pace all the way. Shackleford was in front for 26 laps, then
Price took over on lap 27 and easily pulled away while Shackleford was
busy holding off Manke, of Ramona, and fast qualifier Glen Cummings,
of Highland .
The ASA Pro 4 class drew its largest field of the
season, with 17 cars in the pits and 15 starting the main, but the face
in Victory Circle was a familiar one as Eddie Secord continued his domination.
The Oak Hills resident put his Fiesta Village Pontiac in the lead on
the fourth of 30 laps and held off Bryan Glidewell the rest of the way
for his ninth win in 11 races.
Art Ramirez, of Walnut, inherited the lead in the
Aflac Factory Fours feature when Tony Dumont and Jeff Imbriani got together
while fighting for first with four of 30 laps to go and took the win
over Spencer Samaro, of San Bernardino .
Ron Davis, of Norwalk , drove his Chevrolet Nova
to victory in the 25-lap Stock Cars USA main event, but Riverside ’s
Mark Whitson finished fourth and clinched the championship with one
of the series’ eight races remaining. Whitson has a 52-point lead
over Michele Rouse, who did not race Saturday, with a maximum of 50
points available in the Oct. 20 finale.
Reigning Stock Cars USA champion Harry Michaelian
Jr. also was a winner, however. He drove his Plymouth to victory in
a 12-lap Figure 8 race that served as an impromptu fill-in when the
scheduled Demolition Derby was cancelled due to a lack of entries.
Mike O’Hara, of Canyon Country, won the 25-lap
feature for Mini StocKars, his fourth win in five races.
ORANGE SHOW SPEEDWAY
Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007
RACE RESULTS
HYPE MANUFACTURING SUPER LATE MODELS
Main event (50 laps) – 1. Charles Price, Redlands
, Chevrolet Monte Carlo ; 2. Mark Shackleford, Riverside , Chevrolet
Monte Carlo ; 3. John Manke, Ramona, Chevrolet Monte Carlo ; 4. Glen
Cummings, Highland , Pontiac Grand Prix/Chevrolet; 5. Frankie Gould,
Woodland Hills, Chevrolet Monte Carlo .
Heat race winners – Dee Cable, Santee , Chevrolet
Monte Carlo; Cummings. Trophy dash winner – Gould. Fast qualifier
– Cummings.
ASA PRO 4s
Main event (30 laps) – 1. Eddie Secord, Oak
Hills, Pontiac Grand Prix/Ford; 2. Bryan Glidewell, Cerritos , Pontiac
GTO/Ford; 3. Randy Becker Jr., Highland , Chevrolet Monte Carlo/Ford;
4. Kurt Madsen, Herriman , Utah , Chevrolet Monte Carlo/Honda; 5. Rex
Lockwood, Victorville, Ford Mustang.
Heat race winners – Daniel Madsen, South Jordan,
Utah, Chevrolet Monte Carlo/Ford; Secord. Trophy dash winner –
Chuck Becker II, Cabazon, Chevrolet Monte Carlo/Ford. Fast qualifier
– Secord.
AFLAC FACTORY FOURS
Main event (30 laps) – 1. Art Ramirez, Walnut,
Toyota Celica; 2. Spencer Samaro, San Bernardino , Toyota pickup; 3.
Ed Hill,, Santa Ana , Mercedes Benz; 4. Gerrit Hodge, Moreno Valley
, Honda CRX; 5. Martin Huizenga, Hemet , Nissan pickup.
Heat race winners – Kim Marzullo, San Bernardino
, Toyota pickup; Jerome Gipson, Highland , Chevrolet pickup; Ramirez.
Trophy dash winner – Jeff Imbriani, San Bernardino , Toyota pickup.
Fast qualifier – Tony Dumont, Irvine , Mercedes Benz.
STOCK CARS USA
Main Event (25 laps) – 1. Ron Davis, Norwalk
, Chevrolet Nova; 2. Harry Michaelian Jr., El Camino Village, Plymouth
Roadrunner; 3. Blake Usilton, Corona , Chevrolet Nova; 4. Mark Whitson,
Riverside , Chevrolet Monte Carlo ; 5. Jeff Elder, Redlands , Chevrolet
Nova.
Heat race winners – Usilton; Davis . Trophy
dash winner – Justin Good, Simi Valley , Chevrolet Nova. Fast
qualifier – Whitson.
MINI STOCKARS
Main event (25 laps) – 1. Mike O’Hara,
Canyon Country, Chevrolet Monte Carlo/Honda; 2. Dean Caskey, Grand Terrace,
Ford Thunderbird/Honda; 3. Patti Caskey, Ford Thunderbird/Honda; 4.
Kim Williams, Ventura , Chevrolet Monte Carlo/Honda; 5. Dick Laycock,
Santee , Chevrolet Monte Carlo/Honda.
Heat race winner – O’Hara. Trophy dash
winner – P. Caskey. Fast qualifier – D. Caskey.
Racing at Orange Show Speedway is sponsored by Lucas
Oil, Blackhawk Protection, Hype Manufacturing, Del Taco, Aflac Insurance,
KTTD radio (AM 1350), Leno’s Rico Taco, Soboba Casino, Budweiser,
Hoosier Racing Tires, Frank’s Radio Service, Torco Racing Fuels,
Parker Pumper/BSR West, Eibach Springs, JP Striping, Center Chevrolet,
Pepsi, Matich Coporation, Star Auto Parts, L. Curti Truck and Equipment,
One Stop Landscape Supply, Extreme Exhibits & Logistics, Little
Green Onions and the San Bernardino County Sun.
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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