SHACKLEFORD WINS SUPER LATE MODEL TITLE WHEN WHITE BREAKS WITH 2 LAPS TO GO AND MANKE WINS THE 100-LAP FINALE AT ORANGE SHOW SPEEDWAY

SAN BERNARDINO, California — Mark Shackleford called Saturday night’s 100-lap Super Late Model main event “absolutely insane” and it would be hard to quarrel with that description.

John Manke won the race, Shackleford won the championship when Linny White’s car rolled to a stop with two laps to go, there were 10 caution flags, the electronic scoring quit working for awhile and a good time was had by all at Orange Show Speedway.

White, the 2008 champion, said his bid for a second straight title turned into a case of “championship blues. If there was an accident, I was in the middle of it.” It was damage sustained in some of those incidents that contributed to the motor and rear end problems that left him parked in the infield of the quarter-mile oval while Shackleford was chasing Manke to the finish.

Shackleford, the 2004 champion, had started the double points race 6 points behind White. He finished 14 ahead.

“I feel horrible for Linny White,” he said. “He was better than me all night. My tires went away and I was slipping and sliding all over the place. But hey, I won.”

Manke, the fourth leader, got the top spot on lap 83 when he passed White, who had been sent to the back of the field after an incident just five laps into the race. Following Manke and Shackleford across the line were Barry Karr, early leader Glen Cummings and David Ross.

Earlier, Chad Schug, of Oak Hills, got his first Legends Cars title, but literally had to sweat out the final 7 laps of a 35-lap race won by Cale Kanke, of Granada Hills. Schug, who went into the event 20 points head of Brent Scheidemantle, had his car burst into flames 28 laps into the race. That relegated him to a 12th place finish and Scheidemantle could have won the title by finishing first or second.

Scheidemantle wasn’t in his own car, since that one had been destroyed when the throttle stuck and he hit the wall during Friday night’s practice. Instead, driving the Ford owned by Paul Vitale, of Wildomar, Scheidemantle had to settle for fifth and Schug took the championship by 6 points.

Aaron Anderson, 13, of Lancaster, capped his championship season by winning the 20-lap Bandolero main. Anderson, who won the California state title and stands sixth nationally in the Young Guns (11-14) division, was followed to the finish by Ryan Cansdale, 10, of Laguna Beach, who is No. 1 in the state and No. 4 in the nation in the Bandit (8-11) category.

Points leader Christian Copley, of Santa Ynez, got his Chevrolet to the front on the opening lap and never was headed in winning the 35-lap SouthWest Tour Truck race over Dalton Kuhn, of Vista, and Jeff Williams, of Newbury Park.

The three-quarter or TQ Midgets of the National Midget Racing Association made their only appearance of the year at the speedway and West Evans, of Clovis, took the 25-lap main event over Scott Dobson, of Newbury Park, who won the championship. The race, which capped the 17-race season, was the only one of the year on a paved oval.

Harry Kuenniger, of San Bernardino, brought the night to a close by winning the 20-lap Trailer race in his Outlaw Figure 8 car.