SAN BERNARNDINO, California — Jeff Peterson and Sean Woodside took turns dominating the JAM Sportswear Late Model field Saturday night at Orange Show Speedway.
Peterson, the precocious 19-year-old rookie, got his second win in a row and third of the season in the first 50-lap main event and Woodside capped his first night of the season at the historic quarter-mile oval by winning the second 50-lap feature.
Woodside, the No. 3 qualifier, started on the pole in the opening race and set the pace until Peterson overtook him at the start-finish line on lap 21. Peterson, who hasn’t been worse than fourth in the past six races in his Pepsi-sponsored Toyota Camry Chevrolet, was challenged only briefly after that before leading top qualifier Brandon Loverock and Woodside across the finish line.
In the second 50-lap contest, Loverock and Woodside started side-by-side in row 2 with Peterson just behind them in the 15-car field. When the green flag waved they set off in pursuit of front-row starters Tim Smith and Ryan Daniel. Loverock’s race was spoiled when he and Daniel got together in Turn 4 on lap 8. That left Smith leading Woodside and Peterson – until lap 11 when both got by him.
Once in front, Woodside easily established a comfort zone in his Apache Rental Group/Harvick Motorsports Chevrolet Impala. He was 1.2 seconds ahead of Peterson on lap 25 and 2.988 seconds to the good at the finish, with Peterson, Smith and Loverock following.
Cliff Conklin of Big Bear Lake (Ca.) shook off the bad luck that had been plaguing him and won the 35-lap Pick-A-Part Street Stock main, taking the lead from Kyle Meyer on lap 15, then pulling away from Meyer on a caution restart with 6 laps to go to win by 1.2 seconds.
Riverside (Ca.) driver Kevin Cook got the night started by winning the Stock Cars USA oval race, a 35-lap contest in which the top five in the point standings going into the race finished in exactly those positions. The 25-lap Dwarf Cars feature almost emulated that, with Kyle Cline of Apple Valley (Ca.) winning but fifth-place Ron Prather finishing ahead of fourth-place Chris Sullivan.
| Jam Sportswear Late Models (50 laps) -Twin One |
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| 1. Jeff Peterson, Riverside, Toyota Camry/Chevrolet; 2. Brandon Loverock, Highland, Toyota Camry/Chevrolet; 3. Sean Woodside, Canyon Country, Chevrolet Impala; 4. Logan Mainella, Palmdale, Dodge Intrepid/Chevrolet; 5. Tim Smith, Bakersfield, Impala; 6. Matt Goodwin, Wildomar, Monte Carlo; 7. Ron Daniel, Mentone, Monte Carlo; 8. Kenny Smith, Pismo Beach, Impala; 9. Julian Singelakis, Pasadena, Pontiac Grand Prix/Chevrolet; 10. Jeff Lawson, Big Bear City, Impala; 11. Stan Chatwood, Bloomington, Monte Carlo; 12. Glen Cummings, Highland, Monte Carlo; 13. Barry Karr, Redlands, Monte Carlo; 14. Jim Conklin, Big BearCity, Pontiac Grand Prix/Chevrolet; 15. Ryan Daniel, Mentone, Monte Carlo. Margin of victory – 0.598 seconds. Average speed – 51.185 mph. Leading qualifier – Loverock, 13.550 seconds/66.421 mph. |
| Jam Sportswear Late Models (50 laps) -Twin Two |
| 1. Woodside; 2. Peterson; 3. T. Smith; 4. Loverock; 5. Goodwin; 6. K. Smith; 7. Ron Daniel; 8. Ryan Daniel; 9. Mainella; 10. Lawson; 11. Singelakis; 12. Conklin; 13. Chatwood; 14. Cummings; 15. Karr. Margin of victory – 2.988 seconds. Average speed – 39.282 mph. Leading qualifier – Woodside, 13.576/66.293. |
| Pick-A-Part Street Stocks (35 laps) |
| 1. Cliff Conklin, Big Bear Lake, Chevrolet Camaro; 2. Kyle Meyer, Highland, Chevrolet Nova; 3. Steve Smith, San Bernardino, Chevrolet Nova; 4. Jesse Lawson, Big Bear City, Camaro; 5. Johnny Russo, Big Bear City, Chevrolet Monte Carlo; 6. Mike Stone, Fontana, Camaro; 7. Jon Bundrant, Hemet, Monte Carlo; 8. Jerome Gipson, Highland, Nova; 9. Tony Forfa Jr., San Bernardino, Camaro; 10. Jeff Henson, Fallbrook, Camaro. Margin of victory – 1.222 seconds. Average speed – 22.973 mph. Trophy Dash winner – Henson. Leading qualifier – Lawson, 14.854/60.590. |
| Stock Cars USA (35 laps) |
| 1. Kevin Cook, Riverside, Chevrolet Malibu; 2. Mark Fletchall, Riverside, Chevrolet Chevelle; 3. David Foster, Riverside, Chevrolet Monte Carlo; 4. Scott Groom, Anaheim, Chevrolet Nova; 5. Allen Hevy, Yucca Valley, Nova; 6. Johnny Malcolm Jr., Corona, Monte Carlo; 7. Dave Vreatt, Riverside, Nova; 8. Matt Lauer, Riverside, Monte Carlo; 9. Steven Clark, Riverside, Monte Carlo. Margin of victory – 2.3279 seconds . Average speed – 17.356 mph. Trophy Dash winner – Cook. Leading qualifier – Foster, 15.413/58.392. |
| Stock Cars USA Figure 8 (20 Laps) |
| 1. Shaun Estes, Riverside, Chevrolet Chevelle; 2. Malcolm; 3. Lauer; 4. Cook. Margin of victory – 1.037 seconds. Average speed – 48.006 mph. |
| Dwarf Cars (25 laps) |
| 1. Kyle Cline, Apple Valley, ’39 Chevrolet/Kawasaki; 2. David Quigley, La Mirada, ’34 Ford/Kawasaki; 3. Mike Shively, ’34 Ford/Kawasaki; 4. Ron Prather, Highland, ’34 Ford/Kawasaki; 5. Chris Sullivan, San Bernardino, ’32 Ford/Suzuki; 6. Michael Vasquez, Corona, ’32 Ford/Suzuki; 7. John Cram, Riverside, ’38 Ford/Suzuki. Margin of victory – 10.603 seconds. Average speed – 20.883 mph. Trophy Dash winner – Quigley. Leading qualifier – Cline, 14.220/63.291. |
