JOHNSON WINS WIRE-TO-WIRE IN “WESTERN WORLD” SPRINT OPENER

Peoria, AZ | Nov. 156, 2013 - R.J. Johnson of Phoenix, Ariz. led all 30 laps of Thursday night’s opening Southwest/West Coast Sprint car feature of the 46th “Western World Championships” at Canyon Speedway Park. Johnson piloted the Bill Michaels Kodiak Products/Beal’s Auto Body Sherman/Marcum Ford to the victory over Brady Bacon, Jerry Coons Jr., Dave Darland and Aaron Reutzel. Johnson emerged from the race with a 104-point lead over Charles Davis Jr. in the Southwest point standings with two races remaining.

USAC SOUTHWEST & WEST COAST “Special Event” SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: November 14, 2013 – Peoria, Arizona – Canyon Speedway Park – 46th “Western World Championships”

FIRST HEAT #1: (8 laps) 1. Mike Colegrove (#17m Colegrove), 2. Parker Price-Miller (#9p Ronk), 3. Shon Deskins (#20 Deskins), 4. Ronnie Clark (#6 Clark), 5, Dave Darland (#73 Ford), 6. Gary Taylor (#68 Beal), 7. Josh Grady (#12J Grady), 8. Stevie Sussex (#57 Stone), 9. Dalten Gabbard (#5D Baldwin). NT

SECOND HEAT #1: (8 laps) 1. Jerry Coons Jr. (#4G Cook), 2. Charles Davis Jr. (#50 Massey), 3. Josh Shipley (#2x Bishop), 4. Ryan Linder (#9 Linder), 5. Colby Copeland (#74 Williams), 6. James Aragon (#57x Stone), 7. Tom Lee (#53 Lee), 8. Bruce St. James (#7k St. James), 9. Connor Kassik (#26 Kassik). NT

THIRD HEAT #1: (8 laps) 1. Mike Bonneau (#29 Bonneau), 2. R.J. Johnson (#77m Michaels), 3. Brady Bacon (#99 Bacon), 4. Bradley Terrell (#5v VanLare), 5. Tom Ogle (#48 Ogle), 6. Bob Ream Jr. (#8 BRAT), 7. Aaron Reutzel (#21a Miller), 8. Joe Ramaker (#98x Ramaker), 9. Matt Rossi (#02 Rossi). NT

FIRST HEAT #2: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Taylor, 3. Davis, 4. Clark, 5. Coons, 6. Bacon, 7. Lee, 8. Kassik, 9. Grady. NT

SECOND HEAT #2: (8 laps) 1. Copeland, 2. Terrell, 3. Johnson, 4. Ream, 5. Sussex, 6. Reutzel, 7. Rossi, 8. Shipley, 9. M.Bonneau. NT

THIRD HEAT #2: (8 laps) 1. Ogle, 2. Deskins, 3. Colegrove, 4. Linder, 5. Price-Miller, 6. Gabbard, 7. St. James, 8. Aragon, 9. Ramaker. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Reutzel, 2. Gabbard, 3. St. James, 4. Shipley, 5. M.Bonneau, 6. Grady, 7. Aragon, 8. Lee, 9. Kassik, 10. Rossi, 11. Ramaker. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. R.J. Johnson, 2. Brady Bacon, 3. Jerry Coons Jr., 4. Dave Darland, 5. Aaron Reutzel, 6. Mike Colegrove, 7. Stevie Sussex, 8. Bradley Terrell, 9. Gary Taylor, 10. Tom Ogle, 11. Parker Price-Miller, 12. Bob Ream Jr., 13. Bruce st. James, 14. Josh Shipley, 15. Ronnie Clark, 16. Josh Grady, 17. Shon Deskins, 18. Colby Copeland, 19. Ryan Linder, 20. Mike Bonneau, 21. Charles Davis Jr., 22. Dalten Gabbard. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Johnson.

NEW SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Johnson-1,234, 2-Davis-1,130, 3-Mike Martin-965, 4-Deskins-892, 5-Clark-860, 6-Josh Pelkey-788, 7-Andy Reinbold-765, 8-St. James-643, 9-Brian Hosford-629, 10-Chris Bonneau-625.

NEXT USAC SOUTHWEST & WEST COAST “Special Event” SPRINT RACE: November 15 – “Peoria, AZ – Canyon Speedway Park - 46th Annual “Western World Championships”