JOHNSON WITHIN 1 OF DAVIS AFTER ARIZONA SPEEDWAY WIN

Queen Creek, AZ……..R.J. Johnson of Phoenix, Ariz. logged his eighth USAC Arizona feature victory (seventh of the year) in Saturday night’s 30-lap USAC Southwest Sprint race at Arizona Speedway. That leaves him just one short of Charles Davis Jr. in the all-time Arizona USAC lead. He led all 30laps in his Michaels entry to beat Josh Pelkey, Davis, Mike Martin and Chris Bonneau.

USAC SOUTHWESTERN SPRINT RACE RESULTS: July 13, 2013 – Queen Creek, Arizona – Arizona Speedway

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Charles Davis Jr. (#50 Massey), 2. Josh Pelkey (#12 Allen), 3. Chris Bonneau (#78 Bonneau), 4. Jody Wirth (#5X Wirth), 5. Tom Lee (#53 Lee), 6. Bruce St. James (#7K St. James). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Shon Deskins (#20 Deskins), 2. James Aragon (#94 Aragon), 3. Steven Harms (#60 Harms), 4. Mike Martin (#16 Martin), 5. Ryan Linder (#9 Linder), 6. Bob Ream Jr. (#8 BRAT). NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. R.J. Johnson (#77M Michaels), 2. Ronnie Clark (#6 Clark), 3. Andy Reinbold (#19 Underwood), 4. Bryan Swinehart (#68 Beal), 5. Mike Bonneau (#29 Bonneau), 6. Brian Hosford (#32B Weber). NT

DASH: (6 laps) 1. Johnson, 2. Pelkey, 3. Davis, 4. C. Bonneau, 5. Harms, 6. Clark, 7. Deskins, 8, Aragon. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. R.J. Johnson, 2. Josh Pelkey, 3. Charles Davis Jr., 4. Mike Martin, 5. Chris Bonneau, 6. Mike Bonneau, 7. Ryan Linder, 8. Jody Wirth, 9. Ronnie Clark, 10. Bryan Swinehart, 11. Andy Reinbold, 12. James Aragon, 13. Shon Deskins, 14. Steven Harms, 15. Brian Hosford, 16. Bruce St. James, 17. Tom Lee. NT

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Reinbold & Clark flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Johnson.

NEW USAC SOUTHWESTERN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Johnson-686, 2-Davis-606, 3-Martin-567, 4-Pelkey-526, 5-Deskins-513, 6-Clark-479, 7-C.Bonneau-471, 8-Reinbold-392, 9-Hosford-372, 10-St. James-357.

NEXT USAC SOUTHWESTERN SPRINT CAR RACE: July 19 – El Paso, TX – El Paso Speedway Park