CANYON WIN GIVES JOHNSON SOUTHWEST LEAD

Peoria, AZ……..R.J. Johnson’s victory in Saturday night’s “Canyon Clash” at Canyon Speedway Park vaulted the Phoenix, Ariz. driver into the USAC Southwest Sprint Car point lead as he led the final 14 laps of the 30-lapper in his Weiler Farms/Pecon Builders Maxim/Pro-Flyer. Bryan Swinehart finished second ahead of Chris Bonneau, Nathan High and Justin Quinn. Mike Martin was the fastest qualifier and led six laps of the race. Charles Davis Jr. also led 10 laps of the race.

USAC SOUTHWESTERN SPRINT RACE RESULTS: April 27, 2013 – Peoria, Arizona – Canyon Speedway Park – “Canyon Clash”

QUALIFICATIONS: Mike Martin, 16, Martin-14.082; 2. Charles Davis Jr., 50, Massey-14.126; 3. Stevie Sussex, 1AZ, Sussex-14.184; 4. R.J. Johnson, 77M, Michaels-14.219; 5. Shon Deskins, 20, Deskins-14.263; 6. Mike Bonneau, 29, Bonneau-14.274; 7. Bruce St. James, 7K, St. James-14.304; 8. Chris Bonneau, 78, Bonneau-14.353; 9. Josh Pelkey, 12, Allen-14.463; 10. Justin Quinn, 93, Quinn-14.499; 11. Ronnie Clark, 6, Clark-14.506; 12. Tom Ogle, 48, Ogle-14.507; 13. Jason Grady, 45, Grady-14.515; 14. Bob Ream Jr., 8, BRAT-14.530; 15. Bryan Swinehart, 68, Beal-14.546; 16. Andy Reinbold, 19, Underwood-14.562; 17. Michael Curtis, 11C, Turner/Wheeler-14.583; 18. Nick Auito, 27, Aiuto-14.592; 19. Nathan High, 1A, High-14.609; 20. James Aragon, 94, Aragon-14.610; 21. Brian Hosford, 32B, Weber-14.676; 22. Jody Wirth, 5X, Wirth-14.711; 23. Stephen Harms, 60, Harms-14.868; 24. Tye Mihocko, 5, Mihocko-14.908; 25. Kyle Danielson, 17K, Danielson-15.218; 26. Darrell Sickles, 29S, Sickles-16.192; 27. Mark Morin, 28, Morin-16.878; 28. Johnny Shelton, 9, Shelton-18.438.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Pelkey, 2. Deskins, 3. Martin, 4. Hosford, 5. Grady, 6. Curtis, 7. Danielson. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Aiuto, 2. Quinn, 3. Davis, 4. Ream, 5. M. Bonneau, 6. Wirth, 7. Sickles. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. High, 2. Clark, 3. Swinehart, 4. St. James, 5. Sussex, 6. Harms, 7. Morin. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Johnson, 2. Ogle, 3. Aragon, 4. C. Bonneau, 5. Reinbold, 6. Mihocko, 7. Shelton. NT

DASH: (6 laps) 1. Davis, 2. Martin, 3. Pelkey, 4. Deskins, 5. C. Bonneau, 6. St. James, 7. Johnson, 8. Quinn. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Reinbold, 2. Grady, 3. Harms, 4. M. Bonneau, 5. Mihocko, 6. Sussex, 7. Wirth, 8. Sickles, 9. Danielson, 10. Curtis, 11. Shelton, 12. Morin. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. R.J. Johnson, 2. Bryan Swinehart, 3. Chris Bonneau, 4. Nathan High, 5. Justin Quinn, 6. Brian Hosford, 7. Ronnie Clark, 8. Josh Pelkey, 9. Mike Bonneau, 10. Shon Deskins, 11. Stevie Sussex, 12. Bruce St. James, 13. Mike Martin, 14. Tom Ogle, 15. Andy Reinbold, 16. James Aragon, 17. Stephen Harms, 18. Ty Mihocko, 19. Charles Davis, Jr., 20. Nick Aiuto, 21. Jason Grady, 22. Bob Ream Jr. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Davis, Laps 6-11 Martin, Laps 12-16 Davis, Laps 17-30 Johnson.

NEW USAC SOUTHWESTERN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Johnson-229, 2-Davis-216, 3-Clark-207, 4-Pelkey-196, 5-Swinehart-188, 6-Quinn-186, 7-Martin-169, 8-Ogle-162, 9-Deskins-156, 10-C.Bonneau-150.

NEXT USAC SOUTHWESTERN SPRINT CAR RACE: May 11 – Queen Creek, AZ – Arizona Speedway