From Lance Jennings
PEORIA, AZ (March 6, 2020) — Powering past “Chargin” Charles Davis Jr. on the second lap, C.J. Leary (Greenfield, IN) earned the Friday night AMSOIL USAC/CRA & Sands Chevrolet USAC SouthWest Sprint Car win at Canyon Speedway Park. Driving Bill Michael’s #77M Kodiak Products / Beal’s Auto Body Sherman, the defending USAC National Sprint Car Champion took the $3,000 “Spring Showcase” opener over Davis, “The Demon” Damion Gardner, Brody Roa, and hard charger J.J. Yeley.
Yeley earned the Flowdymanics Hard Charger Award with an eleventh to fifth place run.
Swanson also scored the night’s Woodland Auto Display / Beaver Stripes Fast Time Award by posting a time of 13.738 over the 19-car roster.
The night’s 10-lap heat race victories went to Yeley (Component Repair Company / Sway-A-Way Torsion Bars First Heat) and Gardner (All Coast Construction / Competition Suspension Inc. / Rod End Supply Second Heat).
The AMSOIL USAC/CRA and Sands Chevrolet USAC SouthWest Sprint Cars are back in action at Canyon Speedway Park for Saturday’s (March 7) finale of the “3rd Annual Spring Showcase.”
AMSOIL USAC/CRA / Sands Chevrolet USAC Southwest Sprint Car Series
3rd Annual Spring Showcase
Canyon Speedway Park
Peoria, Arizona
March 6, 2020
Woodland Auto Display / Beaver Stripes Qualifying:
1. Jake Swanson, 34AZ, Grau/Burkhart-13.738
2. Stevie Sussex, 12, Allen-13.869
3. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-13.890
4. Damion Gardner, 1, Alexander-13.967
5. Dennis Gile, 13G, Gile-14.157
6. C.J. Leary, 77M, Michael-14.165
7. Tommy Malcolm, 5X,Napier-14.204
8. Charles Davis Jr., 47, Davis-14.256
9. Eddie Tafoya Jr., 51T, Tafoya-14.342
10. Austin Williams, 92, Sertich-14.349
11. J.J. Yeley, 02, Rossi-14.352
12. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-14.370
13. Matt McCarthy, 28M, McCarthy-14.379
14. Jeremy Ellertson, 22, Ellertson-14.444
15. Michael Curtis, 11C, Turner/Wheeler-14.539
16. Kyle Shipley, 0G, Shipley-14.647
17. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-14.796
18. Ryan Ouerter, 43, Ouerter-15.060
19. Ikaika O’Brien, 11O, O’Brien-15.484
Component Repair Company / Sway-A-Way Torsion Bars First Heat: (10 laps)
1. Yeley
2. Malcolm
3. Tafoya
4. Gile
5. Swanson
6. Roa
7. Gansen
8. McCarthy
9. Curtis
10. O’Brien.
All Coast Construction / Competition Suspension Inc. / Rod End Supply Second Heat: (10 laps)
1. Gardner
2. Williams
3. Davis
4. Leary
5. Sussex
6. Shipley
7. Ellertson
8. Ouerter
9. Johnson.
FEATURE: (30 laps, with starting positions)
1. C.J. Leary (4)
2. Charles Davis Jr. (2)
3. Damion Gardner (6)
4. Brody Roa (9)
5. J.J. Yeley (11)
6. R.J. Johnson (12)
7. Stevie Sussex (8)
8. Dennis Gile (5)
9. Jeremy Ellertson (14)
10. Eddie Tafoya Jr. (1)
11. Michael Curtis (15)
12. Matt McCarthy (13)
13. Chris Gansen (17)
14. Kyle Shipley (16)
15. Ryan Ouerter (18)
16. Ikaika O’Brien (19)
17. Jake Swanson (7)
18. Tommy Malcolm (3)
18. Austin Williams (10)
**Williams flipped on lap on 1 of the feature.
Feature Lap Leaders: Lap 1 Davis, Laps 2-30 Leary
Flowdynamics Hard Charger: J.J. Yeley (11th to 5th)