HORNET CHAMPIONSHIP CLOSEST RACE IN THE COUNTRY, WHITE SEALS STOCK PONY DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE

Source: Orange Show
Date: 09/11/2002

SAN BERNARDINO, California -- The hornet championship is heating up, the top three positions are within five points of each other, and that is closer than any four-cylinder division in the country. With three races left in the season, any of the three could win. The #04 of Stan Youngblood (last year's division champion), the #08 of Danny Gutierrez, and the #00 of "The Rookie" Tony Thompson.

The hornets were fast Saturday night, with the #08 of Danny Gutierrez breaking the track record in qualifying. Sky Lundy in the #01 qualified after the #08 and broke the track record again. The trophy dash went to the #04 of Stan Youngblood. Heat race #1 was won by Gutierrez, and #2 was won by the #00 of Tony Thompson out of Lake Matthews.

The main event was hard racing, with another rookie taking the main. Stephannie Williams of Riverside in the #18 Honda Prelude started on the pole and fought hard for the win. She was challenged by Youngblood in the #04, followed closely by the #08 of Gutierrez, the #00 of Thompson, and the #01 of Sky Lundy.

The Press Enterprise Stock Ponys ran two 25-lap main events. Fast time went to the #60 of Erik Spring out of Lake Arrowhead. The trophy dash was won by the #98 of Linsey White. White, out of Colton wrapped up the division championship with a second place finish in the first main, and a win in the second main event. The first main was won by Dennis Silvers in the #01, followed by White, the #60 of Spring, the #37 of William Cottrell, and Gary Patton out of San Bernardino in the #19 finished fifth.

In the second main event, White crossed the line first, followed by the #19 of Patton, the #01 of Dennis Silvers, the #37 of Cottrell, and Adrianne Murlin in the #03 finished fifth.

Bandoleros were good racing, with the #2 of Dave Green winning both the trophy dash and the main event. The #88 of Greg Steele was second, followed by Chad Vinot in the #3.

Robin Hood Pizza Junior Lightning Cups trophy dash was won by the #93 of Jeffrey Goddard. Goddard, after switching cars, also won the dash for the Junior Hornet division. Goddard continued his streak with a win in the Lightning Cup main event. In second place in the Lightning Cups was the #17 of Cody Hart, followed by the #99 of Brent Scheidemantle, the #28 of Nick Willhite, and the03 of Kristen Symonds.

The adult Lightning Cups division brought more good racing. In the trophy dash, the #51 of Joseph Anderson crossed the finish line first. Heat race #1 was won by Dean Caskey in the #08 and Keith Cummins in the #29 won the second heat. Jason Estes in the Hemet Family Auto Racing #05 won the main event, his first outing in this division. Estes took it on the last lap coming out of turn four from the veteran #41 of Mike Brown. Third went to Zack Stout in the #58, followed by the #51 of Anderson and Dean Caskey in the #08 took fifth.

The Junior Hornet main event was won by hard working Kenny Christiansen in the #87. He was followed by the #15 of Richard Turner, the #93 of Goddard, and the #25 of Sean Steele.

Legends spots were challenged all night long, from the front to the back. In the Semi-Pro division, the trophy dash was won by Charles Price out of Redlands in the #52, a 34 Ford. Heat race #1 was won by the #68 of Tom Skahill, and Robert Graham in the #26 won the second Heat. In the main event, the #360 of Steve Twilligear finished first, followed by the #17, Charles Price in the #52, the #4, and Graham in the #26.

Pro's and Masters were action from start to finish. In the trophy dash the #3 of Chris Clyne out of Las Vegas, NV took the win. Heat race #1 was won by the #8 of Tom Lovelady, and Dave Doll in the #62 took the second Heat. Veteran racer Jim Smith in the #28 won the main, followed by another veteran, Art Neville in second. Doll in the #62 took third, followed by the #09 of Donnie Akers and in fifth was the #13 of Gary Scheurell. Clyne, in his first appearance at the Orange Show finished a respectable 9th.

Next week - the Hornets Return, along with the Late Model Division with twin 30 lap races, Pacific West Technology Street Stocks, Bombers and Lady Bombers, and the Junior Racing League. DON'T MISS IT!

Main #1 1)01-Dennis Silvers 2)98-Lindsey White 3)60-Erik Spring 4)37-William Cottrell 5)19-Gary Patton 6)03-Adrianne Murlin 7)88-Doug Olson 8)12-Cory Allen 9)31-Jim Mardis 10)27-John Kelishes 11)29-Steve Kelishes 12)22-John Brady Sr. 13)90-Eryn Pennell 14)33-Mike Sassman 15)11-Kyle Barnes.

Main #2 - 1)98-Lindsey White 2)19-Gary Patton 3)01-Dennis Silvers 4)37-William Cottrell 5)03-Adrianne Murlin 6)12-Cory Allen 7)60-Erik Spring 8)88-Doug Olson 9)27-John Kelishes 10)22-John Brady Sr. 11)31-Jim Mardis 12)90-Eryn Pennell 13)29-Steve Kelishes 14)33-Mike Sassman 15)11-Kyle Barnes.

1)2-Dave Green 2)88-Greg Steele 3)3-Chad Vinot 4)76-Broc Murphy 5)07-Austin Murphy . Junior Lightning Cups - 1)93-Jeffrey Goddard 2)17-Cody Hart 3)99-Brent Scheidemantle 4)28-Nick Willhite 5)03-Kristen Symonds 6)47-Sean Evans 7)29-Devan Myrick 8)24-Troy Butler III 9)42-Taylor Hede.

1)87-Ken Christiansen 2)15-Richard Turner 3)93-Jeffrey Goddard 4)25-Sean Steele.

1)05-Jason Estes 2)41-Mike Brown 3)58-Zack Stout 4)51-Joseph Anderson 5)08-Dean Caskey 6)12-Rick Walton 7)80-Jeff Smith 8)18-Dick Laycock 9)15-Kit Cooney 10)29-Keith Cummins 11)71-Tim White 12)47-Doug Evans 13)74-Kim Harris.

1)36-Steve Twilligear 2)17- 3)52-Charles Price 4)4- 5)26-Robert Graham 6)14- 7)57-David Ross 8)126- 9)95-William Bonney 10)99-Jeff Collins 11)00-Jason Alsop 12)68-Tom Skahill 13)48-Cory Miles.

1)28-Jim Smith 2)15-Art Neville 3)62-Dave Doll 4)09-Donnie Akers 5)13-Gary Scheurell 6)8-Tom Lovelady 7)36-Mark Gaiser 8)37-John Taylor 9)3-Chris Clyne 10)85-Larry Meredith 11)420-Bill Everett 12)911-Dennis O'Conner 13)2- 14)31-Ralph Alexander

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