SPENCER GRABS PEORIA’S “BRAWL FOR IT ALL”
Peoria, AZ……..Five-time AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car Champion Mike Spencer of Temecula, Calif. won Saturday night;s 30-lap “Brawl for It All” Grudge Series sprint race at Canyon Speedway Park. He passed R.J. Johnson on lap 22 and led the rest of the way in his Mark Priestley Roy Miller Freightlines/Sander Engineering Bullet to beat Colby Copeland, Josh Pelkey, fast qualifier and new track record holder Shon Deskins and Charles Davis Jr. The race offered points toward the Southwest Sprint series and was a “special” non-points event for the West Coast Sprints.
USAC SOUTHWEST & WEST COAST “SPECIAL EVENT” SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: September 28, 2013 – Peoria, Arizona – Canyon Speedway Park – “Brawl for it All – Grudge Series”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Shon Deskins, 20, Deskins-13.827; 2. Colby Copeland, 74, Williams-13.834; 3. Rick Ziehl, 41W, Williams-13.881; 4. Bruce St. James, 7K, St. James-13.946; 5. Mike Martin, 16, Martin-14.026; 6. R.J. Johnson, 77M, Michaels-14.028; 7. Chris Bonneau, 78, Bonneau-14.049; 8. Mike Bonneau, 29, Bonneau-14.070; 9. Mike Spencer, 7M, Priestley-14.100; 10. Tom Ogle, 48, Ogle-14.143; 11. Michael Curtis, 11C, Turner/Wheeler-14.162; 12. Andy Reinbold, 19, Underwood-14.179; 13. Josh Pelkey, 12, Allen-14.212; 14. Charles Davis Jr., 50, Massey-14.212; 15. Damion Gardner, 4JR, Reagles-14.213; 16. Steven Harms, 60, Harms-14.240; 17. Ryan Linder, 9X, Linder/Whitney-14.285; 18. Ronnie Clark, 6, Clark-14.333; 19. Brian Hosford, 32B, Weber-14.389; 20. Tye Mihocko, 5, Mihocko-14.451; 21. Matt Lundy, 98, Lundy-14.713; 22. Mark Morin, 28, Morin-15.399; 23. James Aragon, 57X, Stone-15.541; 24. Bob Ream Jr., 8, BRAT-NT; 25. Tom Lee, 53, Lee-NT
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Davis, 2. C.Bonneau, 3. Ogle, 4. St. James, 5. Deskins, 6. Harms, 7. Hosford, 8. Lee. 9. Morin. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Pelkey, 2. Martin, 3. M.Bonneau, 4. Linder, 5. Copeland, 6. Aragon, 7. Curtis. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clark, 2. Spencer, 3. Gardner, 4. Reinbold, 5. Johnson, 6. Ziehl, 7. Ream, 8. Lundy. NT
DASH: (6 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Johnson, 3. M.Bonneau, 4. C.Bonneau, 5. Copeland, 6. Martin, 7. St. James, 8. Deskins. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Ziehl, 2. Curtis, 3. Hosford, 4. Ream, 5. Lundy, 6. Mihocko, 7. Harms, 8. Aragon, 9. Lee, 10. Morin. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Mike Spencer, 2. Colby Copeland, 3. Josh Pelkey, 4. Shon Deskins, 5. Charles Davis Jr., 6. Rick Ziehl, 7. Brian Hosford, 8. Bob Ream Jr., 9. Tom Ogle, 10. Mike Martin, 11. Bruce St.James, 12. Michael Curtis, 13. Steven Harms, 14. Ronnie Clark, 15. R.J. Johnson, 16. Ryan Linder, 17. Matt Lundy, 18. Chris Bonneau, 19. Tye Mihocko, 20. Damion Gardner, 21. Mike Bonneau, 22. Andy Reinbold. NT
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**C.Bonneau flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-21 Johnson, Laps 22-30 Spencer.
NEW USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Johnson-1,035, 2-Davis-984, 3-Martin-867, 4-Deskins-789, 5-Clark-760, 6-Pelkey-674, 7-Reinbold-665, 8-C.Bonneau-625, 9-Hosford-562, 10-St. James-535.
NEXT USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT RACE: October 12 – Casa Grande, AZ – Central Arizona Raceway
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: October 12 – Hanford, CA – Kings Speedway