Phoenix Modified driver wins marathon Main
event at Orange Show Speedway
SAN BERNARDINO (Aug. 5, 2007) –
Billy Johanneck overcame 21 other starters and 14 caution flags to win
a marathon Lucas Oil ASA Modified Series main event Saturday night at
Orange Show Speedway.
Johanneck’s victory in a 75-lap race that took
well over an hour to run made it three different winners in the three
races the traveling series has run on the quarter-mile oval at the National
Orange Show Events Center . Dean Kuhn won the first race June 9 and
Danny Gay took the second July 21.
Johanneck, who had finished third and fourth in the
two previous races here, started on the outside of the front row and
inherited the lead when John Tyczki was forced to leave the track with
a flat tire after spinning in oil dropped on the track when Joe Bubbico’s
engine blew on lap 12.
That mishap brought out the fifth yellow caution
flag of the night. There would be nine more, all while Johanneck was
leading and being dogged by points leader Gay. But with the caution
flags disrupting any semblance of rhythm in the race (32 laps was the
longest green flag stretch) Johanneck was able to withstand all of Gay’s
challenges and win by about two car lengths.
Earlier, Ramona’s John Manke got his second
win in three races by capturing the 50-lap Hype Manufacturing Super
Late Models main event with the night’s third wire-to-wire performance.
Manke, the 2005 class champion, started his Litehouse
Dressings Chevrolet on the outside of the front row in the 16-car field,
but outdueled pole-sitter and defending champion Glen Cummings for the
lead exiting Turn 4 on the opening lap and never was headed after that.
Fast qualifier Linny White, of Fontana , did his
best to foil Manke. White pulled to the inside of the leader coming
off Turn 4 with two laps to go, but had to slow momentarily to regain
control after the two bumped in Turn 1 and couldn’t make another
attempt to pass.
The ASA Pro 4, Aflac Factory Fours and Stock Cars
USA main events played out in identical fashion, with the pole-sitter
leading all the way and winning comfortably.
Eddie Secord did it in the 30-lap Pro 4 feature,
winning a first-lap duel with points leader Rex Lockwood, then slowly
pulling away to claim his seventh win in nine races. That came just
after Martin Huizenga drove his Nissan pickup to an easy win in the
Factory Fours 30-lap main. Then Peter Bryk of Yucaipa capped the evening
by keeping his Chevrolet in front from the start to the finish of the
25-lap main for the Stock Cars USA class.
It was the first main event win for Huizenga, 46,
a contractor from Hemet , and for Bryk.
ORANGE SHOW SPEEDWAY
Saturday, August 4, 2007
RACE RESULTS
LUCAS OIL ASA MODIFIEDS
Main event (75 laps) – 1. Billy Johanneck,
Phoenix ; 2. Danny Gay, Lakeside ; 3. Jason Patison, Corona ; 4. John
Tyczki, Lakeside ; 5. Brandon James, Yucaipa .
Trophy dash winner – Tyczki. Fast qualifier
– Patison.
HYPE MANUFACTURING SUPER LATE MODELS
Main event (50 laps) – 1. John Manke, Ramona,
Chevrolet Monte Carlo ; 2. Linny White, Fontana , Chevrolet Monte Carlo
; 3. Glen Cummings, Highland , Pontiac GrandPrix/Chevrolet; 4. Rick
Chavez, Santee , Ford Fusion/Chevrolet; 5. Danny Gay, Lakeside , Chevrolet
Monte Carlo .
Heat race winners – Mark Shackleford, Riverside
, Chevrolet Monte Carlo; White. Trophy dash winner – Cummings.
Fast qualifier – White.
ASA PRO 4
Main event (30 laps) – 1. Eddie Secord, Oak
Hills, Pontiac Grand Prix/Ford; 2. Bryan Glidewell, Cerritos , Pontiac
GTO/Ford; 3. Rex Lockwood, Victorville, Chevrolet Monte Carlo/Ford;
4. Randy Becker Jr., Highland , Chevrolet Monte Carlo/Ford; 5. Kendall
Scheidecker, Highland , Chevrolet Monte Carlo/Ford.
Heat race winners – John Soares, San Bernardino
, Ford Fusion; Secord. Trophy dash winner – Glidewell. Fast qualifier
– Secord.
AFLAC FACTORY FOURS
Main event (30 laps) – 1. Martin Huizenga,
Hemet , Nissan pickup; 2. Tony Dumont, Irvine , Mercedes Benz; 3. Jeff
Imbriani, San Bernardino , Toyota pickup; 4. Spencer Samaro, San Bernardino
, Toyota pickup; 5. Ryan Bragdon, Beaumont, BMW 318i.
Heat race winners – Ed Hill, Santa Ana , Mercedes
Benz; Huizenga. Trophy dash winner – Huizenga. Fast qualifier
– Tony Dumont, Irvine , Mercedes Benz.
STOCK CARS USA
Main event (25 laps) – 1. Peter Bryk, Yucaipa
, Chevrolet Chevelle; 2. John Mattie, Highland , Chevrolet Nova; 3.
Ken Michaelian, El Camino Village, Dodge Dart; 4. Tom Whitson, Riverside
, Chevrolet Chevelle; 5. Michele Rouse, San Bernardino , Chevrolet Chevelle.
Heat race winners – Justin Good, San Fernando
, Chevrolet Nova; Michaelian. Trophy dash winner – Mattie. Fast
qualifier – Mark Whitson, Riverside , Chevrolet Chevelle.
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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