SAN BERNARDINO, California — David Ross has been good and he’s been lucky and he’ll be the first to say that either one is fine as long as it results in a win. He has three of them as proof, too.
Ross, who turned 21 a week ago, has been the dominant driver in the Super Late Model class thus far in his first full season at Orange Show Speedway with his trio of victories in four starts at the ASA Member Track.
The fastest plumber in the area won on opening night, March 20, by leading 82 of 100 laps of the quarter-mile paved oval in a race made closer than expected by a late red flag. He came back three weeks later (April 10) to set the pace for 29 of 50 laps to win by 0.772 of a second over reigning champion Mark Shackleford. And three weeks ago (May 15) he finished second to Brett Edwards, but was awarded the win when Edwards’ car failed the post-race technical inspection.
Ross will go for win number four Saturday night (June 5), when the Super Late Models will be joined by the Team Too Pony Stocks, Stock OHV Karts, Dwarf Cars and Stock Cars USA, who will run both an oval main and a Figure 8 event before the curtain comes down with another wildly entertaining Trailer race.
Spectator gates will open at 4 p.m., with an on-track autograph session from 5:50 to 6:30 p.m. and the first race at 7 p.m.
Tickets are priced at $10 for general admission and $8 for seniors (60 and older), students 11 to 18 and military personnel with valid identification. Children 10 and under are admitted free. A Family Pack, which includes admission for four plus a hot dog and small soft drink for each person, is priced at $45.
Parking is $5, with entry through Gate 4 off Mill Street.
Ross’s monopolization of the winner’s circle hasn’t translated into a dominant lead in the point standings after four of the 12 races, however. He is first, but only four points ahead of Shackleford, who got a race win May 1 and has finished sixth or better in every start. Ross finished eighth on May 1. Toni McCray is third in the standings, 16 points behind Ross, with Brett Edwards fourth, 20 points behind, and Barry Karr fifth, 30 points back after finishing 14th three weeks ago.
While Ross and Shackleford continue their battle in the Super Late Model division, unbeaten Robby Hornsby Jr. will try for his fifth straight win in the Team Too Pony Stock class, where he leads Jeremy Perez and Adrianne Murlin by 20 points after four of 11 events.
The Stock Cars USA division last was seen on May 22, when Dirt Late Model regular Johnny Malcolm Jr. won the 35-lap oval main event in his debut on pavement, then finished second to Kevin Cook in the 20-lap Figure 8 race. Steve Larson has won the past two Stock OHV Kart races, with Nevada Chovan and Mike Brinegar second and third, respectively, in both, and Kyle Cline has dominated the Dwarf Cars division in its two outings.
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