Langenderfer, Chilton New Orland Raceway Winners Racing Agai

Orland, CA...This Saturday night, racing returns to Orland Raceway for the fourth event of the season. Five divisions of racing took their turns on the newly resurfaced one-fifth mile clay oval last Saturday night. It was a night for new winners to shine as Donovan Chilton (Mini Stocks) and Jeremy Langenderfer (Pure Stocks) won their respective Main Events for the first time this season. Olin Crane won his second Mini Truck feature while Skyler Richter won the combined 600/250 Micro Sprint race as the top 600. Andrew Love was the top 250 finisher.


Donovan Chilton had three Top 3 finishes in four visits last season, including one win. He was making his first Mini Stock start as the field nearly doubled last week. Past champion Tom Davis has been on a roll with back to back feature wins, and both Chilton and Davis were heat race winners. Davis figured to be a good bet for Win #3, but Chilton would prevail in the 20 lap feature, forcing Davis to settle for second. Jeff Bennett earned his third Top 3 finish in third after a second place finish to Davis in his heat race. Dustin Hills was fourth in his Hornet ahead of past champion John Kirkpatrick, Steven Spears, Jack Pendergrass, Josh Tucker and Robert Hunt.


Top 5 Chico competitor Jeremy Langenderfer has had two disappointing outings, but they say three is a charm. On Saturday night, he and Chris Bennett teamed up to keep past champion Steve Martin out of the Pure Stock winner's circle all night. Bennett got it started with a heat race win, and it was Langenderfer getting the feature victory. Martin made him work for it as he finished second ahead of Bennett, Earl Adams and Mel Byers. There are three different winners in three races.


Olin Crane opened the season with a win in the Mini Truck feature, but he suffered a DNF in the next race. "Rollin" Olin rebounded in a big way as he won the heat race and the Main Event. Merced Speedway competitor Tony Peffer brought his truck to the only California track with its own Mini Truck division and chased Crane across the line for a second place heat race finish. Division veteran Dan Webster was hoping for two in a row in the Main Event, and he made Crane work for the win as Webster settled for second in the 20 lap race. Peffer grabbed the final podium spot in third as Brent Allinger, William Fogle and reigning champion Keith Ross rounded out the finish. Ross has yet to get a Top 3 finish this year.


As the runnerup driver in 600 Micro Sprint points last year, Skyler Richter had five second place finishes, but no wins. On Saturday night, Richter finally found the winner's circle as he won the combined 600/250 Main Event ahead of fellow division competitor Tony Alosi and Dean Slinkard, who finished fifth overall. Alosi won the heat race. Andrew Love won the 250 heat race and was the top driver in his group in the feature. Dave Mckinnon Jr. was the second 250 as Rusty Hensley and reigning champion Jess Garland rounded out the finish.


The same five divisions will be a part of this Saturday night's show. General admission is $7.00, Children 7-12 and Seniors are $5.00 and children 6 and under are free. First race starts at 7:00 p.m. sharp. For further information, go to www.orlandraceway.org.