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Johnson Again #1 at Canyon

Peoria, AZ……..USAC Southwest Sprint Car point leader R.J. Johnson of Phoenix, Ariz. won again Sunday night at Canyon Speedway Park. He passed Mike Colegrove on the fourth lap of the second night of the “Salute to Indy” and led the final 27 laps in his Michaels entry to beat Stevie Sussex, Colegrove, Matt Rossi and Charles Davis, Jr. The victory was Johnson’s 23rd career win in USAC racing in the state of Arizona.

USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 24, 2015 – Peoria, Arizona – Canyon Speedway Park – “Salute to Indy”

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Michael Curtis (#11C Turner/Wheeler), 2. R.J. Johnson (#77M Michaels), 3. Charles Davis Jr. (#50 Massey), 4. Mike Bonneau (#29 Bonneau), 5. Bruce St. James (#7K St. James), 6. Josh Shipley (#2 Bishop), 7. Andy Reinbold (#19 Underwood), 8. Ray Bishop (#20AZ Bishop). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Tom Ogle (#48 Ogle), 2. Mike Colegrove (#17 Colegrove), 3. Matt Rossi (#02 Rossi), 4. Tye Mihocko (#5 Mihocko), 5. Nick Aiuto (#27 Aiuto), 6. Bobby Marcum (#85 Marcum), 7. Dustin Burkhart (#22 Burkhart), 8. Koty McGullam (#44K McGullam). NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Brian Hosford (#22B Weber), 2. Stevie Sussex (#13S Sussex), 3. Chris Bonneau (#78 Bonneau), 4. Josh Pelkey (#12 Allen), 5. Mike Martin (#16 Martin), 6. Dalten Gabbard (#77 Gabbard), 7. Dennis Gile (#13 Gile), 8. Katherine Aragon (#42 Aragon). NT

SEMI: (8 laps) 1. Gabbard, 2. Gile, 3. Reinbold, 4. Marcum, 5. Burkhart, 6. Aragon, 7. Morin (#28 Morin), 8. McGullam. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. R.J. Johnson, 2. Stevie Sussex, 3. Mike Colegrove, 4. Matt Rossi, 5. Charles Davis Jr., 6. Nick Aiuto, 7. Josh Pelkey, 8. Dalten Gabbard, 9. Josh Shipley, 10. Brian Hosford, 11. Chris Bonneau, 12. Mike Martin, 13. Tye Mihocko, 14. Dennis Gile, 15. Tom Ogle, 16. Bobby Marcum, 17. Dustin Burkhart, 18. Mike Bonneau, 19. Andy Reinbold, 20. Bruce St. James, 21. Katherine Aragon, 22. Michael Curtis. NT

**St. James flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Colegrove, Laps 4-30 Johnson.

NEW USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT POINTS: 1-Johnson-514, 2-Davis-434, 3-Pelkey-427, 4-Sussex-407, 5-Rossi-407, 6-Colegrove-348, 7-Martin-305, 8-Hosford-302, 9-St. James-271, 10-Shon Deskins-256.

NEXT USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT RACE: June 13 – Queen Creek, AZ – Arizona Speedway

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