LEWIS ADDS FIRST USAC CRA VICTORY AT MOHAVE VALLEY TO 2023 CHECKLIST
Mohave Valley, Arizona (October 14, 2023)………Ricky Lewis has raced all over the country and has won all over the country in his 2023 campaign.
On Saturday night at Arizona’s Mohave Valley Raceway, Lewis (Camarillo, Calif.) tallied his first career AMSOIL USAC CRA Sprint Car victory, leading the final 22 laps aboard his Dave Brown/Morris Farms – Physical Medicine Consultants – Mahle/DRC/Stensland Chevy.
The winningest non-wing sprint car driver in the USA throughout the 2023 season now owns 15 wins on the season in six different states (Michigan, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri and Arizona).
Furthermore, Lewis has now captured victories in 2023 across different series, ranging from the Great Lakes Traditional Sprints to the Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series to the Midwest Sprint Car Series to the USAC Midwest Wingless Racing Association and USAC CRA, and also scored a couple local, unsanctioned victories for good measure.
Lewis started third in Saturday’s Mohave Valley field but worked his way up to the lead by lap nine when he passed USAC Triple Crown champion J.J. Yeley for the lead. From there, Lewis controlled the pace to the finish line, winning by a 1.203 second margin over Tommy Malcolm (Corona, Calif.) who started all the way back in the 16th position.
Recently crowned USAC Western States Midget champion Brody Fuson (Bakersfield, Calif.) scored a third with Braden Chiaramonte (El Cajon, Calif.) earning his best career USAC CRA finish. Woodland Auto Display Fast Qualifier R.J. Johnson (Laveen, Ariz.) rounded out the top-five while David Gasper (Goleta, Calif.), making his initial USAC CRA start, raced from 22nd to 6th to earn hard charger honors.
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AMSOIL USAC CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 14, 2023 – Mohave Valley Raceway – Mohave Valley, Arizona
WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFYING: 1. R.J. Johnson, 2E, Yeley-14.451; 2. Brody Roa, 17R, Dunkel/BR-14.480; 3. Braden Chiaramonte, 73B, Chiaramonte-14.497; 4. Verne Sweeney, 98, Guerrero-14.502; 5. Charles Davis Jr., 47, Davis-14.542; 6. Andrew Sweeney, 98A, Guerrero-14.653; 7. Ricky Lewis, 41, Brown-14.684; 8. Austin Grabowski, 72, Grabowski-14.713; 9. J.J. Yeley, 2y, Yeley-14.725; 10. Eddie Tafoya Jr., 51T, Tafoya-14.727; 11. Austin Williams, 2, Williams-14.727; 12. Brody Fuson, 51, Van Meter-14.730; 13. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-14.731; 14. Cody Williams, 44, Williams-14.761; 15. James Turnbull II, 2J, Turnbull-14.767; 16. Tommy Malcolm, 5x, Napier-14.775; 17. Matt McCarthy, 28m, McCarthy-14.813; 18. Logan Williams, 5w, McCarthy-14.829; 19. Richard McCormick, 71x, Luport-15.036; 20. Brent Owens, 71, Martin-15.056; 21. Grant Sexton, 22, Sexton-15.183; 22. Shane Sexton, 74, Gatlin/Sexton-15.256; 23. Logan Calderwood, 6, Calderwood-15.325; 24. David Gasper, 73, Ford-15.495; 25. Racin Silva, 5s, Silva-15.678; 26. Mark Henry, 39R, Henry-15.914; 27. Camie Bell, 29c, Bell-16.711.
FLOWDYNAMICS INCORPORATED / BILLSJERKY.NET FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Eddie Tafoya Jr., 2. Ricky Lewis, 3. Tommy Malcolm, 4. Verne Sweeney, 5. A.J. Bender, 6. R.J. Johnson, 7. Richard McCormick, 8. Racin Silva, 9. Shane Sexton. NT
IN MEMORY OF JIM & CHET GARDNER / FACTORY WRAPS SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Charles Davis Jr., 2. Matt McCarthy, 3. Cody Williams, 4. Austin Grabowski, 5. Brody Roa, 6. Logan Calderwood, 7. Austin Williams, 8. Brent Owens, 9. Mark Henry. NT
WC FRIEND COMPANY THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Brody Fuson, 2. Logan Williams, 3. Andrew Sweeney, 4. J.J. Yeley, 5. David Gasper, 6. Braden Chiaramonte, 7. James Turnbull II, 8. Grant Sexton, 9. Camie Bell. NT
SEMI: (12 laps, top-10 transfer to the feature) 1. Brody Roa, 2. R.J. Johnson, 3. David Gasper, 4. Braden Chiaramonte, 5. Austin Williams, 6. A.J. Bender, 7. Grant Sexton, 8. Logan Calderwood, 9. James Turnbull II, 10. Richard McCormick, 11. Shane Sexton, 12. Mark Henry, 13. Camie Bell, 14. Racin Silva, 15. Brent Owens. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Ricky Lewis (3), 2. Tommy Malcolm (16), 3. Brody Fuson (12), 4. Braden Chiaramonte (9), 5. R.J. Johnson (7), 6. David Gasper (22), 7. Austin Williams (11), 8. Brody Roa (8), 9. Matt McCarthy (17), 10. Andrew Sweeney (4), 11. Logan Williams (18), 12. A.J. Bender (13), 13. Eddie Tafoya Jr. (10), 14. J.J. Yeley (1), 15. James Turnbull II (15), 16. Charles Davis Jr. (5), 17. Cody Williams (14), 18. Logan Calderwood (21), 19. Grant Sexton (20), 20. Richard McCormick (19), 21. Austin Grabowski (2), 22. Verne Sweeney (6). NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-8 J.J. Yeley, Laps 9-30 Ricky Lewis.
IN MEMORY OF JIM & CHET GARDNER HARD CHARGER: David Gasper (22nd to 6th)
WILWOOD DISC BRAKES LUCKY 13 AWARD: Eddie Tafoya Jr.
AMSOIL USAC CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Brody Roa-1122, 2-Tommy Malcolm-995, 3-Austin Williams-869, 4-Cody Williams-814, 5-A.J. Bender-789, 6-Logan Calderwood-691, 7-Charles Davis Jr.-612, 8-Grant Sexton-570, 9-Verne Sweeney-492, 10-R.J. Johnson-444.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC CRA SPRINT CAR RACES: November 3-4, 2023 – Cocopah Speedway – Somerton, Arizona – 56th Annual Western World Championships
