From Lance Jennings
RJ Johnson won the USAC Southwest Sprint Car feature at El Paso Speedway Park Friday night.
USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS (co-sanctioned by NMMRA): August 29, 2014 – El Paso, Texas – El Paso Speedway Park – “Border Tour”
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.
NEXT USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR RACE: August 30 – Las Cruces, New Mexico – Southern New Mexico Speedway – “Border Tour”