“CANYON CLASH” VICTORY GIVES JOHNSON “4-IN-A-ROW”

Peoria, AZ……..USAC Southwest Sprint Car Series point leader R.J. Johnson of Phoenix, Ariz. scored his fourth consecutive feature win Saturday night in the 5th Annual “Canyon Clash” at Canyon Speedway Park. Wheeling the Michaels entry he took the lead with four laps remaining and led to the flag to beat Josh Pelkey, Mike Colegrove, Brian Hosford and Dalten Gabbard.

USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 2, 2015 – Peoria, Arizona – Canyon Speedway Park – 5th Annual “Canyon Clash”

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Josh Pelkey (#12 Allen), 2. Matt Rossi (#02 Rossi), 3. Bruce St. James (#7K St. James), 4. Mike Colegrove (#17 Colegrove), 5. Shon Deskins (#20 Deskins), 6. Michael Curtis (#11C Turner/Wheeler). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Brian Hosford, (#22B Weber), 2. Dalten Gabbard (#77 Gabbard), 3. Stevie Sussex (#13S Sussex), 4. Nick Aiuto (#27 Aiuto), 5. Charles Davis Jr. (#50 Massey), 6. Josh Shipley (#2 Bishop), 7. Tye Mihocko (#5 Mihocko). NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Mike Martin (#16 Martin), 2. R.J. Johnson (#77M Michaels), 3. Dennis Gile (#13 Gile), 4. Andy Reinbold (#19 Underwood), 5. Chris Bonneau (#78 Bonneau), 6. Koty McGullam (#44K McGullam). NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. R.J. Johnson, 2. Josh Pelkey, 3. Mike Colegrove, 4. Brian Hosford, 5. Dalten Gabbard, 6. Andy Reinbold, 7. Charles Davis Jr., 8. Tye Mihocko, 9. Chris Bonneau, 10. Bruce St. James, 11. Dennis Gile, 12. Shon Deskins, 13. Mike Bonneau (#29 Bonneau), 14. Michael Curtis, 15. Stevie Sussex, 16. Matt Rossi, 17. Koty McGullam, 18. Nick Aiuto, 19. Mike Martin, 20. Josh Shipley. NT

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**Rossi and Deskins flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-22 Rossi, Laps 23-26 Sussex, Laps 27-30 Johnson.

NEW USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT POINTS: 1-Johnson-319. 2-Davis-261, 3-Pelkey-252, 3-Rossi-233, 5-Sussex-227, 6-Deskins-220, 7-Colegrove-218, 8-Martin-213, 9-Hosford-194, 10-St. James-168.

NEXT USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT RACE: May 16 – Queen Creek, AZ – Arizona Speedway