JOHNSON SCORES 20TH USAC ARIZONA WIN AT YUMA

Yuma, AZ……..R.J. Johnson of Phoenix, Ariz. recorded a record 20th USAC feature victory in Arizona with Saturday night’s 30-lap USAC Southwest Sprint Car victory at Cocopah Speedway. Wheeling the Michaels entry, he passed Shon Deskins on lap five and led the rest of the way to beat Matt Rossi, Deskins, Mike Colegrove and Josh Pelkey. Johnson now leads the series standings by nine over Stevie Sussex going into next Saturday’s race at Queen Creek, Ariz.

USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 11, 2015 – Yuma, AZ – Cocopah Speedway

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Mike Martin (#16 Martin), 2. Mike Colegrove (#17M Colegrove), 3. R.J. Johnson (#77M Michaels), 4. Dennis Gile (#13 Gile), 5. Matt Rossi (#02 Rossi), 6. Dustin Burkhart (#22AZ Burkhart), 7. Katherine Aragon (#42 Aragon), 8. Tom Lee (#53 Lee). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Charles Davis Jr. (#50 Massey), 2. Stevie Sussex (#21AZ Burkhart), 3. Brian Hosford (#22B Weber), 4. Andy Reinbold (#19 Underwood), 5. Shon Deskins (#20 Deskins), 6. Josh Pelkey (#12 Allen), 7. Bruce St. James (#7K St. James), 8. Nick Aiuto (#27 Aiuto), 9. George Morris (#3K Kruseman). NT

ALSO AT TRACK: Tony Everhart (#55 Everhart).

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. R.J. Johnson, 2. Matt Rossi, 3. Shon Deskins, 4. Mike Colegrove, 5. Josh Pelkey, 6. Brian Hosford, 7. Nick Aiuto, 8. Charles Davis Jr., 9. Mike Martin, 10. Andy Reinbold, 11. Bruce St. James, 12. Dennis Gile, 13. Dustin Burkhart, 14. George Morris, 15. Katherine Aragon, 16. Stevie Sussex, 17. Tom Lee. NT

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**Sussex flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Deskins, Laps 5-30 Johnson.

NEW USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT POINTS: 1-Johnson-181, 2-Sussex-172, 3-Davis-163, 4-Rossi-144, 5-Pelkey-131, 6-Deskins-127, 7-Martin-120, 8-Colegrove-114, 9-Hosford-93, 10-Reinbold-84.

NEXT USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT RACE: April 18 – Queen Creek, AZ – Arizona Speedway