Price wins Orange Show Speedway feature

Super Late Model points lead changes hands

SAN BERNARDINO – 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 11 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. The next-to-last Super Late Model event of the season at the ASA-sanctioned quarter-mile oval, on Oct. 20, 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.

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 Villa 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 only the Oct. 20 finale left.

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 (40 laps)

     Heat race winners – Dee Cable, Santee, Chevrolet Monte Carlo; Glen Cummings, Highland, Pontiac Grand Prix/Chevrolet. Trophy dash winner –Frankie Gould, Woodland Hills, Chevrolet Monte Carlo. 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.

 

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