Arce flies to second straight Late Model
win at Orange Show
SAN BERNARDINO (may 26, 2007) –
The way things are going for Dave Arce, the key to winning at Orange
Show Speedway isn’t suspension, it’s aerodynamics.
Saturday night (May 26), for the second race in a
row, Arce’s Pontiac Grand Prix got airborne and rolled over another
car, and for the second race in a row the BSR West Late Model driver
from Santee wound up in victory lane.
Two weeks ago, Arce had gotten airborne and driven
over the hood of Richard Hooper’s car during a mid-race accident,
then taken the checkered flag for his first main event win since July
16, 2005 .
This time, with a crowd of 5,126 looking on for an
event entitled “A Race to Remember – Honoring Our Heroes,”
Arce sailed onto the top of Anthony Mainella’s Chevrolet when
both tried to slow down on the front straightaway because of a yellow
flag in Turn 1 on lap 18 of the 30-lap feature.
The incident cost Mainella several trips to the pits
to remove loose bodywork and relegated him to a 13th place finish. Arce,
47, somehow avoided major damage and was left with a lead he held for
the final 12 laps around the quarter-mile paved oval.
Dan DiGiammarino of San Bernardino pressured over
those final laps, but never got in position to attempt a pass and finished
second. Third was Justin DeJaynes of Lancaster , whose car had been
damaged extensively in the mid-race collision May 12.
Tom Smith of Lakewood continued his perfect season
in the Lucas Oil Outlaw Figure 8 division, winning for the sixth time
in as many races after setting fast time in qualifying and also capturing
a heat race.
Bree Brewer, 17, a Riverside Norte Vista High student,
won her second in a row in the Leno’s Rico Taco Legends Cars series,
taking the lead 10 laps into the 30-lap affair and winning comfortably
over Ryan O’Connor of Vista . Brewer’s win coupled with
the fifth place finish of class leader Darren Amidon left them separated
by just two points after five of their 14 races.
The Late Model and Figure 8 mains left many cars
badly damaged so, fittingly, the evening ended with a six-car Demolition
Derby that was won by Dan Pachella of Long Beach .
ORANGE SHOW SPEEDWAY
Saturday, May 26, 2007
RACE RESULTS
BSR WEST LATE MODELS
Main event (30 laps) – 1. Dave
Arce, Santee , Pontiac Grand Prix (Chevrolet engine); 2. Dan DiGiammarino,
San Bernardino , Chevrolet Monte Carlo ; 3. Justin DeJaynes, Lancaster
, Chevrolet Monte Carlo ; 4. Logan Mainella, Palmdale, Chevrolet Monte
Carlo ; 5. Patrick Ackley, Riverside , Dodge Intrepid.
Heat race winners – Robbie
Hewitt, Simi Valley , Ford Taurus; DiGiammarino. Trophy dash winner
– Anthony Mainella, Palmdale, Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Fast qualifier
– Arce.
LUCAS OIL OUTLAW FIGURE 8s
Main event (30 laps) – 1.
Tom Smith, Lakewood , Chevrolet; 2. Jay Henson, Oak Hills, Chevrolet;
3. Steve Stewart, Long Beach , Homebuilt; 4. Harry Kuenniger, San Bernardino
, Chevrolet; 5. Robert Snyder II, Sun City , Homebuilt.
Heat race winner – Smith.
Trophy dash winner – Stewart. Fast qualifier – Smith.
LENO’S RICO TACO LEGENDS CARS
Main event (30 laps) – 1.
Bree Brewer, Riverside , ’34 Ford sedan; 2.Ryan O’Conner,
Vista , ’34 Ford sedan; 3. Chad Schug, Oak Hills, ’37 Ford
coupe; 4. Brent Scheidemantle, Alta Loma, ’37 Dodge coupe; 5.
Darren Amidon, Santee , ’34 Ford sedan.
Heat race winners – Ryan Schug,
Oak Hills, ’37 Ford coupe; Amidon. Trophy dash winner –
Brewer. Fast qualifier – Amidon.
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.
###
