SUSSEX TAKES LVMS “SIN CITY SHOWDOWN”

Las Vegas, NV……..Stevie Sussex of Tempe, Ariz. wheeled the Mike Burkhart Stratis Construction/KSE Custom Drywall RSS/Shark to victory in Thursday night’s 30-lap FVP “Sin City Showdown” USAC West Coast/Southwest Sprint car series opener at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track. Sussex trailed Hunter Schuerenberg for the first 21 laps, then outduelled Schuerenberg and Ryan Bernal for the lead on lap 22 and led the final nine laps for the victory. Bernal, the 2014 USAC Western Classic Champion, took second ahead of 2014 USAC West Coast Champ Matt Mitchell, Charles Davis Jr. and Schuerenberg.

USAC SOUTHWEST/WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: March 5, 2015 – Las Vegas, Nevada – Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track – 4th FVP “Sin City Showdown”/Grudge Series

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hunter Schuerenberg (#73X Ford), 2. Danny Faria Jr. (#17V Bowman), 3. Richard Vander Weerd (#10 Vander Weerd), 4. Josh Pelkey (#12 Allen), 5. Colby Copeland (#74 Williams), 6. Dennis Gile (#13 Gile), 7. Shannon McQueen (#87 Van Meter), 8. Tye Mihocko (#5 Mihocko). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. R.J. Johnson (#77M Michaels), 2. Stevie Sussex (#21AZ Burkhart), 3. Matt Mitchell (#37 Mitchell), 4. Brody Roa (#48 Leonard), 5. Trey Marcham (#73 Ford), 6. Shon Deskins (#20 Deskins), 7. Tristan Guardino (#81 Watt), 8. Landon Hurst (#179 Hurst). NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal (#56 Phulps), 2. Austin Liggett (#83 Liggett), 3. Bruce St. James (#7K St. James), 4. Jace Vander Weerd (#88 Vander Weerd), 5. Max Adams (#5X Adams), 6. Matt Rossi (#02 Rossi), 7. Jeff Sibley (#42N Sibley), 8. Andy Reinbold (#19 Underwood). NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Charles Davis Jr. (#50 Massey), 2. Troy Rutherford (#11 Rutherford), 3. Chris Windom (#22B Weber), 4. Mike Martin (#16 Martin), 5. Dustin Cormany (#20X Deskins), 6. Brian Hosford (#32B Weber), 7. A.J. Bender (#21B Bender). NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. J.Vander Weerd, 2. Copeland, 3. Rossi, 4. Deskins, 5. Marcham, 6. Hurst, 7. Cormany, 8. Reinbold, 9. Sibley, 10. Guardino, 11. McQueen, 12. Bender, 13. Gile, 14. Hosford. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Stevie Sussex, 2. Ryan Bernal, 3. Matt Mitchell, 4. Charles Davis Jr., 5. Hunter Schuerenberg, 6. Colby Copeland, 7. Chris Windom, 8. Richard Vander Weerd, 9. Max Adams, 10. Jace Vander Weerd, 11. R.J. Johnson, 12. Danny Faria Jr., 13. Trey Marcham, 14. Matt Rossi, 15. Austin Liggett, 16. Mike Martin, 17. Troy Rutherford, 18. Landon Hurst, 19. Shon Deskins, 20. Josh Pelkey, 21. Brody Roa, 22. Bruce St. James. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-21 Schuerenberg, Laps 22-30 Sussex.

NEW WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Sussex-72, 2-Bernal-71, 3-Davis-63, 4-Mitchell-62, 5-Schuerenberg-57, 6-Copeland-48, 7-Wndom-48, 8-R.Vander Weerd-45, 9-Adams-40, 10-Johnson-39.

NEW SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Sussex-72, 2-Bernal-71, 3-Davis-63, 4-Mitchell-62, 5-Schuerenberg-57, 6-Copeland-48, 7-Wndom-48, 8-R.Vander Weerd-45, 9-Adams-40, 10-Johnson-39.

NEXT WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: March 13 – Tulare, CA – Thunderbowl Raceway

NEXT SOUTHWEST SPRINT RACE: March 28 – Peoria, AZ – Canyon Speedway Park – “Hank Arnold Memorial”