SUSSEX WINS “BORDER TOUR” OPENER AT EL PASO

El Paso, TX……..Stevie Sussex of Tempe, Ariz. won Friday night’s USAC Southwest Sprint “Border Tour” opener at Western Tech Speedway Park, leading the final 22 laps in his Stratis Construction/Westin Diversified RSS/Chevy after passing Wes Wofford on lap nine. Shon Deskins, the race’s hard charger, finished second ahead of R.J. Johnson, Charles Davis Jr. and Matt Rossi.

USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: June 3 – El Paso, Texas – Western Tech Speedway Park – “Border Tour” co-sanctioned by NMMRA

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Dylan Harris (#4 Harris), 2. Wes Wofford (#19w Wofford), 3. Nick Rael (#73 Rael), 4. Tye Mihocko (#5 Mihocko), 5. Andy Reinbold (#19 Underwood), 6. Rick Ziehl (#20Z Ziehl), 7. Robert Herrera (#9 Herrera), 8. David Burns (#41 Burns). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Charles Davis Jr. (#50 Massey), 2. Stevie Sussex (#21AZ Burkhart), 3. Caleb Saiz (#52NM Burns), 4. Chris Bonneau (#78 Bonneau), 5. Matthew Cardenas (#7m Cardenas), 6. Spencer Hill (#56 West), 7. David Dykes (#04 Dykes). NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Dennis Gile (#13 Gile), 2. R.J. Johnson (#77M Michael), 3. Landon Cling (#54 Cling), 4. Shon Deskins (#20 Deskins), 5. Matt Rossi (#02 Rossi), 6. Michael Fanelli (#2 Fanelli), 7. Dillon Tanner (#11W West). NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Josh Pelkey (#12 Allen), 2. Mike Martin (#16 Martin), 3. Nick Aiuto (#27 Aiuto), 4. J.R. Bonesteel (#0 Bonesteel), 5. Randy Smith (#26 Smith), 6. Ted Schlote (#29 Schlote), 7. Matt Ziehl (#36DD Ziehl). NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Rossi, 2. R.Ziehl, 3. Mihocko, 4. Hill, 5. Fanelli, 6. Dykes, 7. Tanner, 8. Herrera, 9. Schlote, 10. Bonneau, 11. Burns, 12. M.Ziehl, 13. Cardenas. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Stevie Sussex, 2. Shon Deskins, 3. R.J. Johnson, 4. Charles Davis Jr., 5. Matt Rossi, 6. Mike Martin, 7. Dennis Gile, 8. Andy Reinbold, 9. Tye Mihocko, 10. Rick Ziehl, 11. Wes Wofford, 12. Michael Fanelli, 13. Nick Rael, 14. Dillon Tanner, 15. Randy Smith, 16. Caleb Saiz, 17. J.R. Bonesteel, 18. Nick Aiuto, 19. Josh Pelkey, 20. David Dykes, 21. Chris Bonneau, 22. Landon Cling, 23. Dylan Harris, 24. Spencer Hill. NT

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**Pelkey flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-8 Wofford, Laps 9-30 Sussex.

HARD CHARGER: Shon Deskins

NEW SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Johnson-590, 2-Sussex-561; 3-Davis-497, 4-Martin-466, 5-Rossi-460, 6-Aiuto-406, 7-Pelkey-399, 8-Mihocko-363, 9-Brian Hosford-320, 10-Reinbold-317.

NEXT SOUTHWEST SPRINT RACE: June 4 – Las Cruces, NM – Southern New Mexico Speedway