PELKEY WINS AT PEORIA & TAKES POINT LEAD
Peoria, AZ……..Josh Pelkey of Peoria, Ariz. won Saturday night’s “Salute to Indy” opener for the USAC Southwest Sprint Car Series at Canyon Speedway Park. Driving the Robbie and Gale Allen ABC Body Shop NAPA Maxim, he caught Charles Davis Jr. on lap 23 and paced the final eight circuits to beat Stevie Sussex, R.J. Johnson, Colby Copeland and Davis. The win vaulted him to the series point lead going into Sunday night’s “Salute to Indy” closer at Canyon.
USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 24, 2014 – Peoria, Arizona – Canyon Speedway Park – “Salute to Indy”
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Mike Martin (#16 Martin), 2. Josh Pelkey (#12 Allen), 3. Shon Deskins (#20 Deskins), 4. Tye Mihocko (#5 Mihocko), 5. Mike Colegrove (#17M Colegrove), 6. Tom Ogle (#48 Ogle), 7. Josh Shipley (#2 Bishop). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. R.J. Johnson (#77M Michaels), 2. Steve Sussex (#1DM Sussex), 3. Dennis Giles (#13 Giles), 4. Chris Bonneau (#78 Bonneau), 5. Andy Reinbold (#19 Underwood), 6. Josh Hodges (#74X Hodges), 7. Brian Hosford (#32B Weber), 8. Mike Bonneau (#29 Bonneau). NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Charles Davis Jr. (#50 Massey), 2. Colby Copeland (#74 Williams), 3. Bruce St. James (#7K St. James), 4. Nick Auito (#27 Auito), 5. Matt Rossi (#02 Rossi), 6. Michael Curtis (#11C Turner/Wheeler), 7. Matt Lundy (#99 Lundy). NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Josh Pelkey, 2. Stevie Sussex, 3. R.J. Johnson, 4. Colby Copeland, 5. Charles Davis Jr., 6. Tye Mihocko, 7. Josh Hodges, 8. Bruce St. James, 9. Michael Curtis, 10. Matt Rossi, 11. Andy Reinbold, 12. Matt Lundy, 13. Nick Aiuto, 14. Chris Bonneau, 15. Mark Morin (#28 Morin), 16. Mike Martin, 17. Shon Deskins, 18. Mike Colegrove, 19. Mike Bonneau, 20. Brian Hosford, 22. Dennis Giles, 22. Tom Ogle, 23. Josh Shipley. NT
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**Shipley flipped during the first heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-22 Davis, Laps 23-30 Pelkey.
NEW SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Pelkey-378, 2-Davis-368, 3-Johnson-343, 4-Deskins-317, 5-Rossi-278, 6-Reinbold-245, 7-Mihocko-237, 8-St. James-220, 9-Martin-220, 10-Aiuto-218.
NEXT SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR RACES: May 25 – Peoria, AZ - Canyon Speedway Park – “Salute to Indy”
