Source: Orange Show Speedway
Date: 03/18/2007

SAN BERNARDINO, California -- Randel King, a 14-year-old from Riverside, got his first ASA Speed Truck Challenge win Saturday night at Orange Show Speedway.

King, driving the Hype Manufacturing Chevrolet for Clay Andrews Racing, led all but one of the 100 laps around the quarter-mile paved oval and never faltered despite constant pressure from defending series champion Darren Young of Gilbert, Ariz.

Young finished second, just ahead of teammate Bear Rzesnowiecky, of Las Vegas. The running order of the top six finishers never changed over the final 96 laps, but they seldom were separated by more than a couple of seconds in an event slowed repeatedly by yellow caution flags.

Defending Stock Pony champion Jim Mardis demonstrated again that it’s not how long you lead that matters, it’s when. Mardis led only the final two feet of the 25-lap main, barely managing to get the nose of his Ford Pinto ahead of the Pinto of race-long leader Richard Boker of Phelan.

The running order of that race changed dramatically over the last three laps, after a crash eliminated Adrianne Murlin, Joe Perez Jr. and Roberto Calvera. Jim Edmiston, the 2005 champion, was second at the time and finished fourth, behind Mardis, Boker and Matt Goodwin.

Jim Conklin of Big Bear, the defending Late Model champion, pulled away over the second half of that 35-lap main event to be an easy winner over 14-year-old Jimmy Rouse Jr. of San Bernardino and Anthony Mainella of Palmdale.

Tom Smith of Lakewood made it two-for-two in the 35-lap Outlaw Figure 8 main by finishing more than half a lap ahead of Billy Ziemann of Bloomington, who only finished his car earlier Saturday. They were the only two of the eight starters on the lead lap.

The opening main event of the night, a 15-lap affair for the Mini StocKars, went to Mike O’Hara of Canyon Country, over Dean Caskey of Grand Terrace and Patti Caskey, also of Grand Terrace.

Orange Show Speedway will be idle next weekend. Racing resumes March 31, with the Hype Manufacturing Super Late Models topping the program.

Saturday’s results:

Saturday’s results

Main event (100 laps) – 1. Randel King, Riverside, Hype Manufacturing Chevrolet Colorado; 2. Darren Young, Gilbert, Ariz., Chevrolet S-10; 3. Bear Rzesnowiecky, Las Vegas, Chevrolet S-10; 4. Victor Pfluger, Morristown, Ariz., Dodge Dakota; 5. Scott Franchimone, Garden Grove, Chevrolet S-10.

Trophy dash winner – Young. Fast qualifier – Pfluger.

Main Event (30 laps) – 1. Tom Smith, Lakewood; 2. Billy Ziemann, Bloomington; 3. Rod Proctor, Riverside; 4. Roby (cq) Stutzel, Westchester; 5. Harry Kuenniger.

Heat race winner – Rusty Stewart, Long Beach. Trophy dash winner – Stewart. Fast qualifier – Jay Henson, Oak Hills, Chevrolet.

Main event (35 laps) – 1. Jim Conklin, Big Bear, Pontiac Grand Prix; 2. Jimmy Rouse Jr., San Bernardino, Chevrolet Monte Carlo; 3. Anthony Mainella, Palmdale, Chevrolet Monte Carlo; 4. Brian Malone, Grand Terrace, Chevrolet Monte Carlo; 5. Stevie Smith, San Bernardino, Chevrolet Monte Carlo.

Heat race winners – Richard Hooper, Rosamond, Chevrolet Monte Carlo; Smith. Trophy dash winner – Smith. Fast qualifier – Smith.

Main event (25 laps) – 1. Jim Mardis, Riverside; 2. Richard Boker, Phelan; 3. Matt Goodwin, Wildomar; 4. Jim Edmiston, Highland; 5. Martin Timm, Winchester.

Heat race winners – Jeremy Perez, Chino; Mardis. Trophy dash winner – Adrianne Murlin, Corona. Fast qualifier – Mardis.

Main event (15 laps) – 1. Mike O’Hara, Canyon Country; 2. Dean Caskey, Grand Terrace; 3. Patti Caskey, Grand Terrace; 4. Rick Walton, La Crescenta; 5. Joey McKeag, Paramount.

Heat race winner – Dean Caskey. Trophy dash winner – O’Hara. Fast qualifier – O’Hara.

Racing at Orange Show Speedway is sponsored by Lucas Oil, Blackhawk Protection, Hype Manufacturing, KTDD AM radio 1350, Leno’s Rico Taco, Soboba Casino, Budweiser, Hoosier Racing Tires, Frank’s Radio Service, Parker Pumper/BSR West, Eibach Springs, JP Striping, Center Chevrolet, Pepsi, Matich Corporation, La Salle Medical Associates, Extreme Exhibits & Logistics and the San Bernardino County Sun newspaper.

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