BACON, FROM 13TH, WINS “WINTER CHALLENGE” OPENER

Peoria, Ariz………Brady Bacon of Broken Arrow, Okla. won Friday night’s USAC Southwest vs West Coast Sprint Car “shootout” at Canyon Speedway Park, opening the xix-race “Winter Challenge.” He came from 13th starting position to grab the lead from Josh Pelkey on lap 14 and led the rest of the way in his Fatheadz Eyewear Triple-X. Pelkey took second ahead of 2013 USAC Southwest Champ R.J. Johnson, Casey Shuman and 2013 USAC Western Classic Champ Ryan Bernal. AMSOIL USAC National Sprint runner-up Dave Darland was eliminated from competition in a first-lap tangle after winning his heat race. The series resumes again tonight at the Arizona oval.

USAC SOUTHWEST/WEST COAST “Special Event” SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: January 24, 2014 – Peoria, AZ – Canyon Speedway Park – “2014 Winter Challenge”

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Dalten Gabbard (#5D Baldwin), 2. Josh Pelkey (#12 Allen), 3. Nic Faas (#73 Ford), 4. Jason  Grady (#45 Grady), 5. Aaron Reutzel (#21A Miller), 6. R.J. Johnson (#51 Martin), 7. Ryan Linder (#9 Linder/Whitney), 8. Davis Dykes ( #55NM Dykes). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Dave Darland (#1X Minks), 2. Josh Hodges (#74X Hodges), 3. Mike Rux Jr. (#22 Rux), 4. Brady Bacon (#99 Bacon), 5. Shon Deskins (#20 Deskins), 6. Ryan Bernal (#111 Minks), 7. Stevie Sussex (#4 Edwards), 8. Josh Grady (#12J Grady). NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jimmy Crawford (#51X Crawford), 2. Charles Davis Jr. (#50 Massey), 3. Colby Copeland (#74 Williams), 4. Casey Shuman (#21X Pollock), 5. Mitch Mack (#92 Mack), 6. Michael Curtis (#11C Turner/Wheeler), 7. Tye Mihocko (#5 Mihocko), 8. Mike Martin (#16 Martin). NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Mihocko, 2. Curtis, 3. Martin, 4. Sussex, 5. Mack, 6. Jo.Grady, 7. Dykes, 8. Linder. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brady Bacon, 2. Josh Pelkey, 3. R.J. Johnson, 4. Casey Shuman, 5. Ryan Bernal, 6. Josh Hodges, 7. Aaron Reutzel, 8. Shon Deskins, 9. Nic Faas, 10. Charles Davis Jr., 11. Stevie Sussex, 12. Mike Martin, 13. Jason Grady, 14. Mitch Mack, 15. Josh Grady, 16. Dalten Gabbard, 17. Colby Copeland, 18. Tye Mihocko, 19. Michael Curtis, 20. Jimmy Crawford, 21. Mike Rux Jr., 22. Dave Darland. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 Pelkey, Laps 14-30 Bacon.

NEXT USAC SOUTHWEST/WEST COAST “Special Event” SPRINT CAR RACE: January 25 – Peoria, AZ – Canyon Speedway Park - “2014 Winter Challenge”