CUMMINGS MAKES IT TWO IN A ROW AT ORANGE SHOW SPEEDWAY

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Date: 05/06/2007

SAN BERNARDINO – Glen Cummings said he didn’t think it was possible to win back-to-back races in the Hype Manufacturing Super Late Model division because the competition at Orange Show Speedway has gotten so good. Turns out it was possible.

Cummings started on the outside of the front row for the 40-lap main event, took the lead from pole-sitter Charles Price with nine laps of the quarter-mile oval remaining and pulled away over the final eight laps for career win number 91 in his E.J. Meyer/Stickshift Transmissions Pontiac Grand Prix.

The front-row starters managed to pull away in the opening laps and quickly made it clear to the crowd of 800 that one of them would be the winner. Cummings said he wasn’t sure it would be him, though, until Price was forced to pit with a broken right front wheel. That gave Cummings a lead that never was threatened at the finish.

“He was running good,” Cummings said of Price. “I don’t know if I could have caught him or not. There’s not too many times you’ll win two in a row anymore, the competition is so good and the qualifying times are so close.”

Mark Shackleford started seventh and wound up second, the best finish of the season for the 2004 class champion, and current points leader Rick Chavez was third. Price returned to the track after replacing the front wheel and finished 13th.

In other races, Eddie Secord rolled to his third win in four starts in the Pro 4 class, Tony Dumont took the Aflac Factory Fours main, Mark Whitson took his third win in as many races for the Stock Cars USA series and 11-year-old Benjamin Mahan won for the third time this year and the 11th time in a row overall in the Jr. Mini StocKar class.

Secord started his Fiesta Village Pontiac fifth in the 12-car Pro 4 field for the 30-lap main, became the race’s fourth leader on lap 10, and held off Bryan Glidewell in a 5-lap sprint to the finish after a caution flag on lap 25. Secord won the opening race March 10 and has won two in a row after being forced to sit out the second race because of a broken clutch fork.

Dumont took the lead for good in the 25-lap Factory Fours main with five laps to go and held off Spencer Samaro in a green-white-checkered finish after the third caution flag, and Whitson came from sixth at the start of that 25-lap feature to take the lead with three laps to go.

ORANGE SHOW SPEEDWAY

Saturday’s results

SUPER LATE MODELS

Main event (40 laps) – 1. Glen Cummings, Highland, Pontiac Grand Prix (Chevrolet engine); 2. Mark Shackleford, Riverside, Chevrolet Monte Carlo; 3. Rick Chavez, Lakeside, Ford Fusion (Chevrolet engine); 4. Travis Stockman, Highland, Chevrolet Monte Carlo; 5. Barry Karr, Redlands, Chevrolet Monte Carlo.

Heat race winners – Alex Anderson, Rosamond, Chevrolet Monte Carlo; John Manke, Ramona, Chevrolet Monte Carlo; Charles Price, Redlands, Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Trophy dash winner – Stockman. Fast qualifier – Price.

PRO 4

Main event (30 laps) – 1. Eddie Secord, Oak Hills, Pontiac Grand Prix (Ford engine); 2. Bryan Glidewell, Cerritos, Pontiac GTO/Ford; 3. Chuck Becker II, Cabazon, Chevrolet Monte Carlo/Ford; 4. Keith Blomgren, La Quinta, Dodge Intrepid/Ford; 5. Randy Davidhizar, Redlands, Chevrolet Monte Carlo/Ford.

Heat race winners – Davidhizar; Secord. Trophy dash winner – Don Minut, Riverside, Ford Fusion. Fast qualifier – Secord.

FACTORY FOURS

Main event (25 laps) – 1. Tony Dumont, Irvine, Mercedes Benz; 2. Spencer Samaro, San Bernardino, Toyota pickup; 3. Gerrit Hodge, Moreno Valley, Honda CRX; 4. Art Ramirez, Walnut, Toyota Celica; 5. Jered King, Phelan, BMW 318i.

Heat race winners – Lalo Llerena, Fontana, Honda; Tony Dumont, Irvine, Mercedes Benz. Trophy dash winner – Spencer Samaro, San Bernardino, Toyota pickup. Fast qualifier – Dumont.

STOCK CARS USA

Main event (25 laps) – 1. Mark Whitson, Riverside, Chevrolet Chevelle; 2. Michelle Rouse, San Bernardino, Chevrolet Chevelle; 3. Jimmy Rouse Jr., Chevrolet Nova; 4. Jeff Elder. Redlands, Chevrolet Nova; 5. Ken Michaelian, El Camino Village, Plymoouth Roadrunner.

Heat race winners – Ron Davis, Norwalk, Chevrolet Nova; Whitson.Trophy dash winner – Rouse. Fast qualifier – Whitson.

JR. MINI STOCKARS

Main event (15 laps) – 1. Benjamin Mahan, Hesperia, Ford Fusion (Honda engine); 2. Tony Forfa IV, Redlands, Chevrolet Monte Carlo/Honda; 3. Alexander Bissett; 4. Jacob Hornsby, San Bernardino, Ford Fusion/Honda; 5. Marissa Henson, Oak Hills, Chevrolet Monte Carlo/Honda.

Heat race winner – Forfa IV. Trophy dash winner – Forfa IV. Fast qualifier – Mahan.

For further information, contact Jim Short at 951-203-2649 or jimshort65@sbcglobal.net, call Orange Show Speedway at 909-888-6788, X438, or visit the web site at www.nosevents.com.

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