JOHNSON STOPS CLAUSON’S STREAK IN “COPPER ON DIRT” FINALE
 
Peoria, AZ……..Ricky Johnson of Phoenix, Ariz. wheeled the Weiler Farms/Pecon Builders Maxim to victory in Saturday night’s 30-lap “Copper on Dirt” AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car feature at Canyon Speedway Park. Johnson passed Bruce St. James on the second lap and led the rest of the way for the win over Nic Faas, Bryan Clauson, Damion Gardner and Ryan Bernal. The win stopped Clauson’s “sweep” of the weekend races after he had won both Friday and Saturday’s Midgets and Friday’s Sprint. Fast qualifier Mike Spencer was forced out of the feature early with a tire issue.
 
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: March 2, 2013 – Peoria, Arizona – Canyon Speedway Park – 6th “Copper on Dirt”
 
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-13.588; 2. Charles Davis Jr., 4G, Cook-13.712; 3. Bryan Clauson, 16B, Martin-13.729; 4. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-13.784; 5. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-13.829; 6. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-13.970; 7. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-13.972; 8. Bruce St. James, 7K, St. James-14.029; 9. Brody Roa, 91, BR-14.033; 10. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-14.127; 11. Cory Kruseman, 7, Priestley-14.175; 12. Damion Gardner, 4a, Alexander-14.199; 13. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-14.222; 14. Seth Wilson, 1x, Wilson-14.251; 15. David Cardey, 92, Sertich-14.254; 16. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-14.267; 17. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-14.309; 18. Hunter Schuerenberg, 8, BRAT-14.332; 19. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-14.441; 20. J.J. Yeley, 11, Yeley-14.521; 21. David Bezio, 37x, Bezio-14.626; 22. Andy Reinbold, 19, Underwood-14.634; 23. Michael Curtis, 11c, Brett-14.643; 24. Josh Hodges, 74X, Hodges-14.654; 25. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-14.771; 26. Mike Martin, 16, Martin-NT.
 
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. A.Williams, 2. Faas, 3. Mitchell, 4. Spencer, 5. Johnson, 6. Bernal, 7. C.Williams, 8. Reinbold, 9. Everhart. NT
 
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Davis, 2. Wilson, 3. Kruseman, 4. Gaunt, 5. St. James, 6. Yeley, 7. Martin, 8. R.Williams, 9. Curtis. NT
 
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Gardner, 3. Schuerenberg, 4. Cardey, 5. Hodges, 6. Kaeding, 7. Roa, 8. Bezio. NT
 
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. R.Williams, 3. Bernal, 4. Roa, 5. Yeley, 6. C.Williams, 7. Reinbold, 8. Martin, 9. Bezio, 10. Everhart, 11. Curtis. NT
 
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. R.J. Johnson, 2. Nic Faas, 3. Bryan Clauson, 4. Damion Gardner, 5. Ryan Bernal, 6. Bud Kaeding, 7. Hunter Schuerenberg, 8. Rickie Gaunt, 9. Charles Davis Jr., 10. Brody Roa, 11. Josh Hodges, 12. David Cardey, 13. J.J. Yeley, 14. Rip Williams, 15. Cody Williams, 16. Seth Wilson, 17. Andrew Reinbold, 18. Austin Williams, 19. David Bezio, 20. Cory Kruseman, 21. Bruce St. James, 22. Matt Mitchell, 23. Mike Spencer. NT
 
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**Mitchell flipped on lap 3 of the feature.
 
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 St. James, Laps 2-30 Johnson.
 
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Clauson-138, 2-Faas-124, 3-Gardner-119, 4-Kaeding-110, 5-Bernal-98, 6-Schuerenberg-91, 7-Spencer-80, 8-Roa-71, 9-Mitchell-63, 10-Cardey-60.
 
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: March 9, 2013 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway