SOUTHWEST LEADER JOHNSON ADDS EL PASO VICTORY

El Paso, TX……..USAC Southwest Sprint Car point leader R.J. Johnson of Phoenix, Ariz. extended his lead with a last-lap “Border Tour” victory Friday night at El Paso Speedway Park. Johnson passed Shon Deskins on the final lap for the 30-lap win in his Michaels entry to beat Deskins, Matt Rossi, Josh Hodges and Tye Michocko. Johnson’s point lead over Charles Davis Jr. stands at 98 points entering tonight’s race at Southern New Mexico Speedway in Las Cruces.

USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: August 29, 2014 – El Paso, Texas – El Paso Speedway Park “Border Tour” (Co-sanctioned by NMMRA)

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R.J. Johnson (#77M Michaels), 2. Charles Davis Jr. (#50 Massey), 3. Josh Pelkey (#12 Allen), 4. Robert Herrera (#9 Herrera), 5. Nick Aiuto (#27 Aiuto), 6. Michael Curtis (#11C Turner/Wheeler), 7. Don Grable (#148N Grable), 8. Jason Grady (#45 Grady), 9. Matt Ziehl (#36DD Ziehl). NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Josh Hodges (#74X Hodges), 2. Shon Deskins (#20 Deskins), 3. Jesse Baker (#22 Baker), 4. Brian Hosford (#32B Weber), 5. Mike Martin (#16 Martin), 6. Katherine Aragon (#42 Aragon), 7. Joseph Hernandez (#5H Hernandez), 8. Andy Reinbold (#19 Underwood), 9. Danny Lee (#7X Lee). NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Rick Ziehl (#20Z Ziehl), 2. Matt Rossi (#02 Rossi), 3. Tye Mihocko (#5 Mihocko), 4. Bo Baker (#22NM Baker), 5. Michael Fanelli (#38 Fanelli), 6. Matthew Cardienas (#7M Cardienas), 7. Stephen Spiak (#17X Spiak), 8. Kristy Smith (#4L Smith). NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gary Gonzales (#98NM Gonzales), 2. Randy Smith (#26 Smith), 3. Dillon Tanner (#11W West), 4. Stephen Nix (#52NM Nix), 5. James Hatch (#41NM Hatch), 6. Asa Kesterson (#18 Kesterson), 7. Ronnie Smith (#19R Smith), 8. David Dykes (#55M Dykes). NT

FIRST SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Martin, 2. Hosford, 3. Grable, 4. M.Ziehl, 5. Fanelli, 6. Aragon, 7. Hernandez, 8. K.Smith, 9. Lee. NT

SECOND SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Grady, 2. Cardienas, 3. Curtis, 4. Hatch, 5. Ro.Smith, 6. Reinbold, 7. Kesterson, 8. Spiak, 9. Dykes. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. R.J. Johnson, 2. Shon Deskins, 3. Matt Rossi, 4. Josh Hodges, 5. Tye Mihicko, 6. Jesse Baker, 7. Randy Smith, 8. Bo Baker, 9. Brian Hosford, 10. Jason Grady, 11. Michael Curtis, 12. Dillon Tanner, 13. Nick Aiuto, 14. Josh Pelkey, 15. Mike Martin, 16. Matthew Cardienas, 17. Don Grable, 18. Stephen Nix, 19. Rick Ziehl, 20. Charles Davis Jr., 21. Gary Gonzales, 22. Robert Herrera. NT

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**Davis flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-29 Deskins, Lap 30 Johnson.

NEW USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Johnson-813, 2-Davis-715, 3-Pelkey-712, 4-Deskins-673, 5-Rossi-641, 6-Martin-591, 7-Mihocko-571, 8-Reinbold-461, 9-Aiuto-449, 10-Mike Colegrove-442.

NEXT USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR RACE: August 30 – Las Cruces, NM – Southern New Mexico Speedway “Border Tour” (Co-sanctioned by NMMRA)