By Dick Jordan
R.J. Johnson’s pursuit of the 2014 USAC Southwest Sprint Car championship will resume November 1 with an appearance at Arizona Speedway in Queen Creek, Ariz. He emerged from last Saturday night’s race at Peoria, Ariz. with a 116-point margin over Josh Pelkey in the new standings.
Stevie Sussex of Tempe, Ariz. led all 30 laps to win Saturday’s “Hank Arnold Memorial” at Canyon Speedway Park. Mike Martin finished second ahead of Matt Rossi, Charles Davis Jr. and Pelkey. Johnson was sixth.
Three of Johnson’s nine wins this year have come at Queen Creek, while Davis and Pelkey have also scored victories there.
2014 USAC Southwest Sprint Car Standings: 1-R.J. Johnson-1,193, 2-Josh Pelkey-1,077, 3-Charles Davis Jr.-1,072, 4-Matt Rossi-979, 5-Shon Deskins-940, 6-Mike Martin-930, 7-Tye Mihocko-844, 8-Michael Curtis-649, 9-Andy Reinbold-640, 10-Nick Aiuto-613.