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BERNARDI WINS AT ORANGE SHOW, SMITH BEATS RUSSO

San Bernardino, CA --

Splitting his time between the Pro Four and Late Model classes in 2003, Steve Bernardi from Moreno Valley won Saturday night's Pro Four 50 lap feature over point leader Eddie Secord and point runnerup Brent Edwards. Steve Smith outraced Johnny Russo in the 40 lap street stock main event. Russo has six wins and three seconds in 9 2003 events. Coke Frederick was the final lead lap finisher. Making just his second appearance in 2003, Hemet's Thomas Symonds won the 40 lap pure stock main event ahead of Justin Good and Jason Estes. Symonds ran second in his previous start. Stacy Mechum improved her Lady Pure Stock point lead with her second 30 lap feature win. Kim Unruh ran second ahead of Deanna Betzer. Tony Thompson from Lake Forest won his second straight 41 lap sport compact main with point leader David Braden second. Braden has just a single win, but this was his fifth second place run. Brandon Walton ran third. Bob Landreth won the 40 lap Legend Car main event ahead of Austin Grabowski and Tom Landreth. After a second place run in his first appearance, Ken Mackey won the 30 lap Mini StocKar main event ahead of point leader Mike Brown and Nick Willhite. Sean Evans won the 15 lap Junior Mini StocKar main ahead of Brent Scheidemantle.

The Pro Four feature had 13 starters and the top 7 finished lead lap after the 50 rounds. Bernardi won ahead of Secord, Edwards, Derek Becker, Kyle Cline, Tim Carruthers and Rob Kiemele. Sam Newcomer was one lap down and David Gibson finished two laps down. Dennis Andrews ran 11th and dropped to 4th in points as Secord leads Edwards by 36 points, Becker by 78 and Andrews by 82. The street stocks had a 12 car field and division dominator Russo won the dash over Don Zoll and Frederick. Smith was last in the dash, but he won the 40 lap feature over Russo and Frederick. Blake Usilton was two laps down in fourth, one lap ahead of Cass and two in front of Mike Scheidecker. Russo's point lead is 66 over Frederick and Brian Jones fell 124 points back with an 8th place run. The Pure Stock 40 lapper had 16 starters and the top 12 finished lead lap. Symonds won ahead of Good, Estes, point leader Jimmy Rouse, John Mattie, Brian Malone, Johnny Betzer and Joel Crawford. J Rouse is 24 points ahead of Malone and 36 in front of Good. There were 9 Lady Pure Stocks and the top four finished lead lap in their 30 lapper. Mechum won over the Riverside duo of Unruh and Betzer. Maria Schaeffer was fourth ahead of the lapped car of Christine Good. Michelle Rouse was 9th and dropped 12 points back of point runnerup Betzer. Mechum's point lead is 20 over Betzer.

The sport compact main had 14 starters and the top five were lead lap with six more just one lap down. Thompson won ahead of Braden, Walton, Stan Youngblood and Danny Gutierrez. Glenn Carr ran sixth over Art Ramirez and Rick Hinkle. Braden's point lead is 36 over Youngblood and 48 ahead of Carr. Art Nevill paced the 16 Legend Cars in time trials with his 15.333 lap, but the Acton racer only lasted 9 laps in the 40 lap feature. B Landreth won the feature race over Grabowski, T Landreth, Donnie Akers, Tracy long tow Jeremy Wood, Cory Miles, Mark Geiser and Travis Stockman. Gary Scheurell was the final lead lap finisher with the next four cars all one lap down. The Mini StocKar main had five starters and Randy Lanning was the only car lapped in the 30 lapper. Mackey won ahead of Brown, Willhite and Doug Evans. Brown's point lead is 34 over Evans. Sean Evans drove the Evans car to victory in the Junior Mini StocKar 15 lap feature over Brent Scheidemantle, Scotty Brown and Kyle McGrady with Troy Butler a lap down in fifth.

Summary Junior Mini StocKar Main-Sean Evans, Brent Scheidemantle, Scotty Brown, Kyle McGrady, Troy Butler. Mini StocKar Main-Ken Mackey, Mike Brown, Nick Willhite, Doug Evans, Randy Lanning. Legend Car Fast Time-Art Nevill 15.333 Main-Bob Landreth, Austin Grabowski, Tom Landreth, Donnie Akers, Jeremy Wood, Cory Miles, Mark Geiser, Travis Stockman, Gary Scheurell, Ralph Alexander, Chad Schug, Larry Alsop, Kevin McMahon, David Ross, Nevill. Sport Compact Main-Tony Thompson, David Braden, Brandon Walton, Stan Youngblood, Danny Gutierrez, Glenn Carr, Art Ramirez, Rick Hinkle, Tom Carter, Bobby Hogerhuis, Rhonda Everhart, Matt Goodwin, Michael End, John Denver. Lady Pure Stock Main-Stacy Mechum, Kim Unruh, Deanna Betzer, Maria Schaeffer, Christine Good, Christina Carpenter, Allison Pettygrove, Patty Pfouts, Michelle Rouse. Pure Stock Main-Thomas Symonds, Justin Good, Jason Estes, Jimmy Rosue, John Mattie, Brian Malone, Johnny Betzer, Joel Crawford, Blake Usilton, Scott Schaeffer, Michelle Rouse, Bill Bartelson, Stuart Pfouts, Jeff Elder, Mike Cass, Paul Rawson. Street Stock Dash-Johnny Russo, Don Zoll, Coke Frederick. Main-Steve Smith, Russo, Frederick, Blake Usilton, Mike Cass, Mike Scheidecker, Zoll, Brian Jones, Brian Faulkner, #25, Walt Kelly, #67. Pro Four Main-Steve Bernardi, Eddie Secord, Brent Edwards, Derek Becker, Kyle Cline, Tim Carruthers, Rob Kiemele, Sam Newcomer, David Gibson, Don Minut, Dennis Andrews, Rex Lockwood, Mike O'Hara.

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