West Coast Sprints at Tulare Saturday Sussex, Johnson Split “Salute to Indy” Glory

Danny Faria Jr. leads the USAC West Coast Sprint cars to Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, Calif. Saturday night and he hopes to repeat his victory of two weeks ago at the same track. He enters the race with a 52-point lead over Ryan Bernal, a three-time winner so far this season.

Series point leader R.J. Johnson and Stevie Sussex recorded USAC Southwest Sprint Car feature victories in last week’s two-night “Salute to Indy” at Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, Ariz.

Johnson’s victory on Sunday night was his 23^rd under USAC sanction in the state of Arizona as he passed Mike Colegrove on the fourth lap and led the final 27 laps in his Michaels entry. Sussex took second ahead of Mike Colegrove, Matt Rossi and Charles Davis, Jr.

Sussex, of Tempe, Ariz., won Saturday night’s 30-lapper. He passed Michael Curtis on the second lap and led the rest of the way in his Quarterback Academy/Bobby Q Ellis/Shaver to beat Johnson, Josh Pelkey, Chris Bonneau and Bruce St. James.

Johnson’s Southwest point lead now stands at 80 points over Davis entering a June 13 race at Arizona Speedway in Queen Creek.

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USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 23, 2015 – Peoria, Arizona – Canyon Speedway Park – “Salute to Indy”

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Chris Bonneau (#78 Bonneau), 2. Josh Pelkey (#12 Allen), 3. Charles Davis Jr. (#50 Massey), 4. Brian Hosford (#32B Weber), 5. Dalten Gabbard (#77 Gabbard), 6. Josh Shipley (#2 Bishop), 7. Mike Martin (#16 Martin), 8. Mark Morin (#28 Morin). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Nick Aiuto (#27 Aiuto), 2. Michael Curtis (Turner/Wheeler), 3. Tom Ogle (#48 Ogle), 4. Mike Bonneau (#29 Bonneau), 5. R.J. Johnson (#77M Michaels), 6. Dennis Gile (#13 Gile), 7. Matt Rossi (#02 Rossi). NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Mike Colegrove (#17 Colegrove), 2. Andy Reinbold (#19 Underwood), 3. Stevie Sussex (#13S Gile), 4. Bruce St. James (#7K St. James), 5. Tye Mihocko (#5 Mihocko), 6. Koty McGullam (#44K McGullam), 7. Ray Bishop (#20AZ Bishop). NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Stevie Sussex, 2. R.J. Johnson, 3. Josh Pelkey, 4. Chris Bonneau, 5. Bruce St. James, 6. Matt Rossi, 7. Charles Davis Jr., 8. Andy Reinbold, 9. Dalten Gabbard, 10. Michael Curtis, 11. Tom Ogle, 12. Josh Shipley, 13. Mike Martin, 14. Dennis Gile, 15. Mike Bonneau, 16. Koty McGullam, 17. Tye Mihocko, 18. Brian Hosford, 19. Mike Colegrove, 20. Nick Aiuto, 21. Ray Bishop, 22, Mark Morin. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Curtis, Laps 2-30 Sussex.

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USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 24, 2015 – Peoria, Arizona – Canyon Speedway Park – “Salute to Indy”

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Michael Curtis (#11C Turner/Wheeler), 2. R.J. Johnson (#77M Michaels), 3. Charles Davis Jr. (#50 Massey), 4. Mike Bonneau (#29 Bonneau), 5. Bruce St. James (#7K St. James), 6. Josh Shipley (#2 Bishop), 7. Andy Reinbold (#19 Underwood), 8. Ray Bishop (#20AZ Bishop). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Tom Ogle (#48 Ogle), 2. Mike Colegrove (#17 Colegrove), 3. Matt Rossi (#02 Rossi), 4. Tye Mihocko (#5 Mihocko), 5. Nick Aiuto (#27 Aiuto), 6. Bobby Marcum (#85 Marcum), 7. Dustin Burkhart (#22 Burkhart), 8. Koty McGullam (#44K McGullam). NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Brian Hosford (#22B Weber), 2. Stevie Sussex (#13S Sussex), 3. Chris Bonneau (#78 Bonneau), 4. Josh Pelkey (#12 Allen), 5. Mike Martin (#16 Martin), 6. Dalten Gabbard (#77 Gabbard), 7. Dennis Gile (#13 Gile), 8. Katherine Aragon (#42 Aragon). NT

SEMI: (8 laps) 1. Gabbard, 2. Gile, 3. Reinbold, 4. Marcum, 5. Burkhart, 6. Aragon, 7. Morin (#28 Morin), 8. McGullam. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. R.J. Johnson, 2. Stevie Sussex, 3. Mike Colegrove, 4. Matt Rossi, 5. Charles Davis Jr., 6. Nick Aiuto, 7. Josh Pelkey, 8. Dalten Gabbard, 9. Josh Shipley, 10. Brian Hosford, 11. Chris Bonneau, 12. Mike Martin, 13. Tye Mihocko, 14. Dennis Gile, 15. Tom Ogle, 16. Bobby Marcum, 17. Dustin Burkhart, 18. Mike Bonneau, 19. Andy Reinbold, 20. Bruce St. James, 21. Katherine Aragon, 22. Michael Curtis. NT

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**St. James flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Colegrove, Laps 4-30 Johnson.