COPELAND 3RD “WINTER CHALLENGE” WINNER AT CANYON

Peoria, AZ……..Colby Copeland of Roseville, Calif. led all 30 laps to win Thursday’s fourth round of the 2014 “Winter Challenge” for USAC Southwest and West Coast Sprint Cars at Canyon Speedway Park. Copeland led all the way from the pole in his Bandit Racing machine to beat Charles Davis Jr., Richard Vander Weerd, Shon Deskins and Casey Shuman. Two-time winner last week, Dave Darland, finished eighth, while last Friday’s winner, Brady Bacon, was seventh.

USAC SOUTHWEST/WEST COAST “Special Event” SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: January 30, 2014 – Peoria, AZ – Canyon Speedway Park – “2014 Winter Challenge”

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Colby Copeland (#74 Williams), 2. Casey Shuman (#21X Pollock), 3. Aaron Reutzel (#21A Miller), 4. Brady Bacon (#99 Bacon), 5. Michael Curtis (#11C Turner/Wheeler), 6. Dave Darland (#1X Minks), 7. Tony Everhart (#55 Everhart), 8. David Dykes (#55NM Dykes), 9. Ryan Bernal (#111 Minks). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Charles Davis Jr., (#50 Massey), 2. Richard Vander Weerd (#10 Vander Weerd), 3. Mitch Mack (#92 Mack), 4. Mike Colegrove (#17M Colegrove), 5. Michael Woodruff (#83 Woodruff), 6. Jason Grady (#45 Grady), 7. Taylor Walton (#77X Walton), 8. Josh Pelkey (#12 Allen), 9. Will Perkins (#0 Perkins). NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jace Vander Weerd (#88 Vander Weerd), 2. Nic Faas (#73 Faas), 3. Stevie Sussex (#4 Price), 4. Shon Deskins (#20 Deskins), 5. Tye Mihocko (#5 Mihocko), 6. Mike Martin (#16 Martin), 7. Jimmy Crawford (#51X Crawford), 8. Kenny Perkins (#0K Perkins), 9. Josh Grady (#12J Grady). NT

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Martin, 2. Crawford, 3. Pelkey, 4. Walton, 5. Woodruff, 6. K.Perkins, 7. Jo.Grady, 8. Everhart, 9. Dykes, 10. W.Perkins, 11. Bernal. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Colby Copeland, 2. Charles Davis Jr., 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 4. Shon Deskins, 5. Casey Shuman, 6. Jace Vander Weerd, 7. Brady Bacon, 8. Dave Darland, 9. Josh Pelkey, 10. Mike Colegrove, 11. Nic Faas, 12. Stevie Sussex, 13. Tye Mihocko, 14. Mike Martin, 15. Michael Curtis, 16. Kenny Perkins, 17. Taylor Walton, 18. Michael Woodruff, 19. Aaron Reutzel, 20. Jimmy Crawford, 21. Jason Grady, 22. Mitch Mack. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Copeland.

NEW WINTER CHALLENGE POINTS: 1-Davis-235, 2-Pelkey-231, 3-Shuman-226, 4-Darland-221, 5-Bacon-198, 6-Johnson-177, 7-Bernal-176, 8-Reutzel-164, 9-Faas-155, 10-Deskins-154.

NEXT SOUTHWEST/WEST COAST “Special Event” SPRINT RACE: January 31 – Peoria, AZ – Canyon Speedway Park - “2014 Winter Challenge”