SAN BERNARDINO, California — Two-time champion John Manke got his first win of the season Saturday night with a wire-to-wire victory in the 50-lap Super Late Model main event at Orange Show Speedway.
Manke, 44, of Ramona, missed the opening race of the season, but said in the final laps of the 100-lap contest two weeks ago that he felt his Lucas Oil Chevrolet Monte Carlo finally was running the way he wanted.
That certainly was true Saturday night. With an estimated 3,000 spectators looking on, the 2005 and 2007 class champion started on the pole and never was behind for a second despite five yellow caution flags and pressure from Highland’s Glen Cummings early and reigning champion Linny White in the closing laps.
Manke won by 0.802 seconds over White, with Cummings, rookie Jake Engle and Travis Stockman rounding out the top five in the 15-car field.
Riverside’s Dwayne Blay benefitted from a red flag in the 35-lap Factory Fours main and won by 1.144 seconds over Ben Mahan, of Oak Hills. Mahan, 13, was leading Blay by 1.658 seconds when the race was red flagged after Victor Garcia, of San Bernardino, rolled his Toyota pickup at the end of the front straightaway on lap 24.
The stoppage erased Mahan’s lead, and on lap 30 Blay got his Toyota pickup in front of Mahan’s BMW. Mahan fell to third temporarily, but reclaimed second from Kim Marzullo on the final lap.
Cliff Conklin had a good night in the Pick-A-Part Street Stock class, qualifying No. 1 with a new track record and winning the 35-lap main event by 1.056 seconds over five-time champion Johnny Russo, with reigning champion Kyle Meyer third. Russo’s runner-up finish gave him the points lead by 2 over Meyer after four races.
Ryan Cansdale of Laguna Beach took the 20-lap Bandoleros feature for his first win after three straight second-place efforts.
| Super Late Models 50 laps |
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| 1. John Manke, Ramona, Chevrolet Monte Carlo; 2. Linny White, Colton, Chevrolet Monte Carlo; 3. Glen Cummings, Highland, Pontiac Grand Prix/Chevrolet; 4. Jake Engle, El Cajon, Chevrolet Monte Carlo; 5. Travis Stockman, Highland, Chevrolet Monte Carlo; 6. Toni McCray, Highland, Chevrolet Monte Carlo; 7. Mark Shackleford, Riverside, Chevrolet Monte Carlo; 8. Frankie Gould, Woodland Hills, Chevrolet Monte Carlo; 9. Barry Karr, Redlands, Chevrolet Monte Carlo; 10. Rob Kiemele, Riverside, Toyota Camry/Chevrolet; 11. Rickey McCray, Highland, Ford Taurus; 12. Andre Prescott, La Quinta, Chevrolet Monte Carlo; 13. Dave Scheidecker, Rialto, Pontiac Grand Prix/Chevrolet; 14. Ron Cable, Santee, Chevrolet Monte Carlo; 15. Rick Chavez, Murrieta, Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Margin of victory – 0.802 seconds. Trophy Dash winner—Cummings. Top qualifier – White, 13.128. |
| Factory Fours 35 laps |
| 1. Dwayne Blay, Riverside, Toyota truck; 2. Ben Mahan, Oak Hills, BMW 318i; 3. Kim Marzullo, San Bernardino, Toyota truck; 4. Daniel Allred, San Bernardino, Ford truck; 5. Gary Mendoza, Bloomington, Mazda truck; 6. Joshua Vinciguerra, Huntington Beach, Mazda truck; 7. Victor Garcia, San Bernardino, Toyota truck; 8. Stan Chatwood, Bloomington, Honda Prelude; 9. Gil Everhart, Bloomington, Toyota truck; 10. Andy Reed, Bloomington, Toyota truck. Margin of victory – 1.144 seconds. Trophy Dash winner – Marzullo. Top qualifier – Mahan, 16.142. |
| Street Stocks |
| 1. Cliff Conklin, Big Bear Lake, Chevrolet Camaro; 2. Johnny Russo, Big Bear City, Chevrolet Monte Carlo; 3. Kyle Meyer, Highland, Chevrolet Nova; 4. Mike Stone, Fontana, Chevrolet Camaro; 5. Tony Forfa Jr., San Bernardino, Chevrolet Camaro; 6. John Reid, Perris, Chevrolet Camaro; 7. Jeff Watson, Huntington Beach, Chevrolet Nova; 8. Jesse Lawson, Big Bear City, Chevrolet Camaro. Margin of victory – 1.056 seconds. Trophy Dash winner – Meyer. Top qualifier – Conklin, 14.559 (record; old record, 14.639, Russo, April 4, 2009) |
| Bandoleros |
| 1. Ryan Cansdale, Laguna Beach; 2. Aaron Anderson, Lancaster; 3. Chancellor Tiscareno, Menifee; 4. Ivan Gudmestad, Crestline; 5. Parker Malone, Redlands; 6. Mikael Lovas, Menifee; 7. Bernardo Lopez-Garcia, Leon, Mexico. Margin of victory – 0.810 seconds. Trophy Dash winner – Gudmestad. Top qualifier – Cansdale, 15.249. |
