Defending Super Late Model champion gets
first win of the year at Orange Show Speedway
SAN BERNARDINO (April 21, 2007)
– Defending champion Glen Cummings made it three different winners
in three races and Rick Chavez took the points lead in the Hype Manufacturing
Super Late Model class at Orange Show Speedway Saturday night.
Cummings,
52, of Highland , started the evening by setting fast time in his F.J.
Meyer Pontiac Grand Prix, but pulled a seven in the draw to determine
how many starting positions would be inverted for the main event. That
put the 30-year veteran on the inside of the fourth row in the 19-car
field.
Chavez, the winner of the most recent Super Late
Model race March 31, started on the outside of the front row and took
the lead on lap one. The Santee resident held the top spot through lap
19 while accidents eliminated 2005 champion John Manke and Brett Edwards
as contenders and helped Cummings move into second.
Cummings got inside Chavez exiting Turn 4 of the
quarter-mile oval on lap 19 and took the lead for good on lap 20. Charles
Price, 20, of Redlands , moved his Chevrolet into second a lap later,
and on lap 25 Price got the front end of his car under the rear end
of Cummings’ vehicle exiting Turn 4. Cummings got sideways momentarily,
but Price backed off to allow the leader to regain control and never
challenged again.
“Let me tell you, it was tough,”
Cummings said to the crowd of 1,307. “I was wondering what was
going on there for a minute. I was getting bounced around like a pinball.
I just kept going and it worked out.”
Price was second, Barry Karr of Redlands third and
Chavez fourth. That gave him a 140-136 lead over Price in the point
standings after three of 15 races. Linny White, who had been tied with
Chavez, did not race Saturday night.
Eddie Secord of Oak Hills won his second Pro 4 main
event of the season, leading 26 of the 35 laps and besting Rex Lockwood
of Victorville and Tim Carruthers of Yucaipa, who was making his first
start of the season.
Spencer Samaro, 17, of San Bernardino , was third
on the track but finished the night first in the Aflac Factory Fours
main after the two drivers ahead of him – and three of the top
four – were disqualified for rules violations found during post-race
technical inspection.
Mike O’Hara of Canyon Country and Benjamin
Mahan of Hesperia continued to dominate the Mini StocKar and Jr. Mini
StocKar classes, respectively, by winning their 15-lap main events.
It was the third win in as many races this year for O’Hara and
the second this year and 10th in a row over two years for Mahan, 11.
ORANGE SHOW SPEEDWAY
Saturday, April 21, 2007
RACE RESULTS
HYPE MANUFACTURING SUPER LATE MODELS
Main event (40laps) – 1. Glen Cummings, Highland , Pontiac Grand
Prix; 2. Charles Price, Redlands , Chevrolet Monte Carlo ; 3. Barry
Karr, Redlands , Chevrolet Monte Carlo ; 4. Rick Chavez, Santee , Ford
Fusion; 5. Toni McCray, Highland , Chevrolet Monte Carlo .
Heat race winners – Alex Anderson, Rosamond,
Chevrolet Monte Carlo; Karr; Price. Trophy dash winner – John
Manke, Ramona, Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Fast qualifier – Cummings.
ASA PRO 4
Main event (35 laps) – 1. Eddie Secord, Oak Hills, Pontiac Grand
Prix (Ford engine); 2. Rex Lockwood, Victorville, Chevrolet Monte Carlo
; 3. Tim Carruthers, Yucaipa , Ford Mustang; 4. John Soares, San Bernardino
, Ford Fusion; 5. Don Minut, Riverside , Ford Fusion.
Heat race winner – Lockwood. Trophy dash winner
– Soares. Fast qualifier – Lockwood.
AFLAC FACTORY FOURS
Main event (25 laps) – 1. Spencer Samaro, San Bernardino , Toyota
pickup; 2. Gerrit Hodge, Moreno Valley , Honda CRX; 3. Kim Marzullo,
Crestline, Toyota pickup; 4. Martin Huizenga, Hemet , Nissan pickup;
5. Jeff Watson, Huntington Beach , Mazda pickup.
Heat race winners – Jeff Imbriani, San Bernardino
, Toyota pickup; Tony Dumont, Irvine , Mercedes Benz. Trophy dash winner
– Huizenga.
MINI STOCKARS
Main event (15 laps) – 1. Mike O’Hara, Canyon Country, Chevrolet
Monte Carlo (Honda engine); 2. Dean Caskey, Grand Terrace, Ford Thunderbird;
3. Patti Caskey, Grand Terrace, Ford Thunderbird; 4. Rick Walton, La
Crescenta, Ford Thunderbird; 5. Joey McKeag, Paramount , Chevrolet Monte
Carlo .
Heat race winner – O’Hara. Trophy dash
winner – O’Hara. Fast qualifier – O’Hara.
JR. MINI STOCKARS
Main event (15 laps) – Benjamin Mahan, Hesperia, Ford Fusion (Honda
engine); 2. Tony Forfa IV, Redlands , Chevrolet Monte Carlo ; 3. Marissa
Henson, Oak Hills, Chevrolet Monte Carlo ; 4. Eddie Reid, Moreno Valley
, Chevrolet Monte Carlo ; 5. Steve Remley Jr., Long Beach , Chevrolet
Monte Carlo .
Heat race winner – Mahan. Trophy dash winner
-- Mahan. Fast qualifier – Mahan.
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