Bacon leads final lap to win Copper on Dirt opener

Brady Bacon topped the opening leg of the E&K Winter Challenge by taking the top spot in Friday night's 30-lap USAC Southwest vs. USAC West Coast feature event at Peoria, Arizona's Canyon Speedway Park. (Jason Rominger Photo)
Brady Bacon. (Jason Rominger Photo)

Tucson, AZ — (March 20, 2015) — Brady Bacon led only one lap, but it was the one that counted in route to the victory on opening night of the Copper on Dirt for the Amsoil USAC / CRA Sprint Car Series at USA Raceway Bacon passed Josh Hodges on the final lap to take the victory. Dave Darland, Damion Gardner, and Mike Spencer rounded out the top five. AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE RESULTS: March 20, 2015 – Tucson, Arizona – USA Raceway – “Eight Annual Copper On DIrt” QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brady Bacon, 73, Ford-16.590; 2. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.779; 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.793; 4. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.807; 5. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-16.820; 6. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-16.826; 7. Dave Darland, 42, Cheney-16.937; 8. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-17.100; 9. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-17.223; 10. Josh Hodges, 74X, Hodges-17.249; 11. Harli White, 17W, White-17.377; 12. Ronnie Clark, 6, Clark-17.487; 13. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.524; 14. Bruce St. James, 7K,. St.James-17.547; 15. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-17.692; 16. Josh Pelkey, 12, Allen-17.793; 17. Matt Rossi, 04G, Cook-17.863; 18. Parker Colston, 64, Colston-18.338; 19. Andy Reinbold, 19, Underwood-18.380; 20. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-18.381; 21. Michael Curtis, 45C, Turner/Wheeler-19.061; 22. Mike Martin, 16, Martin-NT; 23. Rick Ziehl, 20Z, Ziehl-NT; 24. Charles Davis Jr., 50X, Massey-NT. FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Bacon, 3. Hodges, 4. Pelkey, 5. Mitchell, 6. C.Williams, 7. Martin, 8. Reinbold. NT SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Rossi, 2. Spencer, 3. Swanson, 4. White, 5. Ziehl, 6. L.Williams, 7. St.James, 8. Roa. NT THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Johnson, 2. Clark, 3. Davis, 4. Colston, 5. Curtis, 6. Gardner, 7. A.Williams, 8. Vander Weerd. NT FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brady Bacon, 2. Josh Hodges, 3. Damion Gardner, 4. Dave Darland, 5. Mike Spencer, 6. Matt Mitchell, 7. Jake Swanson, 8. Bruce St. James, 9. Cody Williams, 10. R.J. Johnson, 11. Logan Williams, 12. Charles Davis Jr., 13. Michael Curtis, 14. Mike Martin, 15. Rick Ziehl, 16. Parker Colston, 17. Matt Rossi, 18. Ronnie Clark, 19. Josh Pelkey, 20. Richard Vander Weerd, 21. Andy Reinbold, 22. Austin Williams, 23. Harli White. NT ————————— **St.James flipped during the second heat. Vander Weerd and A.Williams flipped during the third heat. Vander Weerd flipped during the feature. FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Darland, Laps 4-27 Vander Weerd, Laps 28-29 Hodges, Lap 30 Bacon. NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: March 21 – Tucson, AZ – USA Raceway – “Eighth Annual Copper On Dirt”