ZIEHL WINS AT LAS CRUCES ON FINAL LAP!

Las Cruces, NM……..Rick Ziehl won Saturday night’s 30-lap USAC Southwest Sprint race at his home track – Southern New Mexico Speedway – passing series point leader R.J. Johnson on the last lap! Ziehl, USAC’s 2003 Southwest Champion, piloted the Lucas Oil/Bay Hayes Motorsports Maxim/Wesmar to the win over Johnson, Charles Davis Jr., Andy Reinbold and Josh Hodges. Johnson led 25 of the 30 laps.

USAC SOUTHWESTERN SPRINT RACE RESULTS: July 20, 2013 – Las Cruces, New Mexico – Southern New Mexico Speedway – (Co-sanctioned with NMMRA)

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Charles Davis Jr. (#50 Massey), 2. R.J. Johnson (#77M Michaels), 3. Ronnie Clark (#6 Clark), 4. Mike Bonneau (#29 Bonneau), 5. Don Grable (#148 Grable), 6. Cody Dons (#24C Dons), 7. Derek DeMartino (#99.5 DeMartino), 8. Dillon Tanner (#56W Tanner), 9. Justin Brown (#97 Brown). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Josh Hodges (#74X Hodges), 2. Chris Bonneau (#78 Bonneau), 3. Brian Hosford (#32B Weber), 4. Steve Harms (#60 Harms), 5. Jesse Baker (#7 Baker), 6. David Burns (#52NM Burns), 7. Jerill Higginbotham (#50H Higginbotham), 8. Bill Mitchell (#62 Mitchell). NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Rick Ziehl (#20Z Ziehl), 2. Ronnie Smith (#19R Smith), 3. Andy Reinbold (#19 Underwood), 4. Nick Rael (#73 Rael), 5. Michael Curtis (#11C Turner/Wheeler), 6. Jarrod Smith (#12 Smith), 7. David Dykes (#55 Dykes), 8. Tom Lee (#53 Lee). NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. James Aragon (#94 Aragon), 2. Mike Martin (#16 Martin), 3. Mike Wells (#56 Wells), 4. Kyle McCutcheon (#5 McCutcheon), 5. Matt Ziehl (#36DD Ziehl), 6. Shon Deskins (#20 Deskins), 7. James Hatch (#41 Hatch), 8. Kristy Smith (#4L Smith). NT

DASH: (6 laps) 1. Davis, 2. Johnson, 3. Hodges, 4. R.Ziehl, 5. Reinbold, 6. Martin, 7. R.Smith, 8. Aragon. NT

SEMI: (15 laps) 1. Deskins, 2. Burns, 3. DeMartino, 4. Curtis, 5. M.Ziehl, 6. Baker, 7. Rael, 8. Hatch, 9. Dons, 10. J.Smith, 11. K.Smith, 12. Brown, 13. Higginbotham, 14. Tanner, 15. Dykes. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rick Ziehl, 2. R.J. Johnson, 3. Charles Davis Jr., 4. Andy Reinbold, 5. Josh Hodges, 6. Mike Martin, 7. Ronnie Clark, 8. Brian Hosford, 9. Kyle McCutcheon, 10. James Aragon, 11. Mike Bonneau, 12. Michael Curtis, 13. Jesse Baker, 14. Ronnie Smith, 15. Steven Harms, 16. Don Grable, 17. Matt Ziehl, 18. Mike Wells, 19. Shon Deskins, 20. Chris Bonneau, 21. Derek DeMartino, 22. David Burns. NT

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**Higginbotham flipped during the semi. Burns flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Johnson, Laps 21-24 Ziehl, Laps 25-29 Johnson, Lap 30 Ziehl.

NEW USAC SOUTHWESTERN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Johnson-817, 2-Davis-729, 3-Martin-676, 4-Clark-579, 5-Deskins-560, 6-Josh Pelkey-526, 7-C,Bonneau-520, 8-Reinbold-504, 9-Hosford-435, 10-M.Bonneau-395.

NEXT USAC SOUTHWESTERN SPRINT CAR RACE: July 27 – Peoria, AZ – Canyon Speedway Park – “Summer Slam”