SAN BERNARDINO, California — Jake Engle got his first Super Late Model main event victory Saturday night at Orange Show Speedway, but it was a little late in coming.
Engle was declared the winner following a protest of the original order of finish and a review of the scoring by Best in the West Racing officials.
David Ross had taken the checkered flag on the track, with Engle second. But race officials determined that Ross was erroneously lined up as the race leader instead of Engle following a caution flag caused when Ross and Brett Edwards collided with 6 laps to go and awarded the win to Engle, a 17-year-old from El Cajon, with Ross second.
Despite losing what would have been his seventh win in nine races, Ross had a good night by adding 26 points to his lead over Mark Shackleford in their battle for the class championship won by Shackleford last season.
Shackleford went into the race trailing Ross by 6 points. But an early retirement due to a broken trailing arm left Shackleford 15th and he trails Ross by 32 points with three races remaining.
Robby Hornsby Jr. got his eighth win in nine starts in the Team Too Pony Stocks, taking the lead from Kevin Meador on lap 6 and finishing the 30 laps with a 1.177-second advantage over Meador. Kyle Cline stayed perfect in the Dwarf class by setting a qualifying record, winning the 4-lap Trophy Dash and winning his sixth main event by 1.53 seconds over David Quigley.
Michael Lewis of Simi Valley got his first main event win in the 40-lap contest for USAC Ford Focus Midgets and Austin Farley, a visitor from Brighton, Colo., took the 20-lap USAC Jr. Focus Midget feature.
| Super Late Models (50 Laps) |
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| 1. Jake Engle, El Cajon, Chevrolet Impala; 2. David Ross, Colton, Impala; 3. Barry Karr, Redlands, Chevrolet Monte Carlo; 4. Frankie Gould, Woodland Hills, Monte Carlo; 5. Tony Edwards, Mentone, Monte carlo; 6. Jeremy Edwards, Yucaipa, Monte Carlo; 7. Austin Grabowski, Upland, Impala; 8. Jimmy Rouse Jr., San Bernardino, Monte Carlo; 9. Jack Madrid, Ladera Ranch, Monte Carlo; 10. Dee Cable, Santee, Monte Carlo; 11. Brett Edwards, Yucaipa, Monte Carlo; 12. Andre Prescott, La Quinta, Monte Carlo; 13. Glen Cummings, Highland, Monte Carlo; 14. Dave Scheidecker, Rialto, Pontiac Grand Prix/Chevrolet; 15. Mark Shackleford, Riverside, Monte Carlo; 16. Kendall Scheidecker, Hesperia, Monte Carlo; 17. Randy Davidhizar, Calimesa, Monte Carlo. Margin of victory – unknown. Average speed – unknown . Trophy Dash winner – Ross. Leading qualifier – B. Edwards, 13.034 seconds/69.050 mph. |
| Team Too Pony Stocks (35 Laps) |
| 1. Robby Hornsby Jr., Yucaipa, Ford Pinto; 2. Kevin Meador, San Bernardino, Pinto; 3. Bill Cottrell, Highland, Pinto; 4. Bryan Houtchens, Corona, Pinto; 5. Josh Hodges, Adelanto, Pinto; 6. Jack Hughes, Beaumont, Pinto; 7. Evan McCray, Riverside, Pinto; 8. Sean Spencer, Riverside, Ford Mustang; 9. Jeremy Perez, Chino, Mustang;10. Bud Smith, Orange, Pinto; 11. Jeff Hensley, Lakewood, Pinto. Margin of victory – 1.177 seconds. Average speed – 12.606 mph. Trophy Dash winner -- Hornsby. Leading qualifier – Hornsby, 14.461/62.236. |
| Dwarf Cars (30 laps) |
| 1. Kyle Cline, Apple Valley, ’39 Chevrolet/Kawasaki; 2. David Quigley, La Mirada, ’34 Ford/Kawasaki; 3. Ron Prather, Highland, ’34 Ford/Kawasaki; 4. Roger Ganzer, Oceanside, ’34 Ford/Suzuki; 5. Chris Sullivan, San Bernardino, ’32 Ford/Suzuki; 6. Miek Shively, Hesperia, ’34 Ford/Kawasaki; 7. Mike Vasquez, Spring Valley Lake, ’32 Ford/Suzuki; 8. John Cram, Riverside, ’38 Ford/Suzuki. Margin of victory – 1.535 seconds. Average speed – 16.319 mph. Trophy Dash winner – Cline. Leading qualifier – Cline, 13.418/67.074 (record; was 13.450, Cline, June 19, 2010). |
| USAC Ford Focus Midgets (40 Laps) |
| 1. Michael Lewis, Simi Valley; 2. Bobby Runyan, Denair, Ca.; 3. Eli Schrock, Culpepper, Va.; 4. Austin Farley, Brighton, Colo.; 5. Shawn Buckley, Simi Valley; 6. Kyle Cline, Apple Valley; 7. Jamie Krzyski, Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada; 8. Cody Gerhardt, Madera; 9. Brandon White, Eureka; 10. Jimmy Moon; 11. Kyle Bailey, Ripon, Ca.; 12. Tony Cinque, Alta Loma; 13. Wally Pankratz, Orange. Margin of victory – 1.715 seconds. Average speed – 53.355 mph. Trophy Dash winner – Lewis. Leading qualifier – Gerhardt, 12.863/69.968. |
| USAC Jr. Focus Midgets (20 Laps) |
| 1. Austin Farley, Brighton, Colo.; 2. Brandon White, Eureka, Ca.; 3. Jimmy Moon; 4. Jarid Blondel, Orange. Margin of victory – 0.382 seconds. Average speed – 66.422 mph. Trophy Dash winner -- Blondel. Leading qualifier – Farley, 13.442/66.954. |
