From Lonnie Wheatley
PEORIA, Ariz. (October 23, 2010) – R.J. Johnson finished off Canyon Speedway Park’s Hall of Fame Classic weekend by racing to his fifth wingless American Sprint Car Series Canyon Region feature win of the season.
The Phoenix shoe raced from the pole position to take his seventh career ASCS Canyon Region triumph and third series win of the year at CSP aboard the Michael Brothers Ford-powered Racing Mammoth Sound No. 77m Sherman with Josh Pelkey in the runner-up position.
Current series points leader Charles Davis, Jr., climbed from ninth to take the show position, with Rick Ziehl and Andrew Reinbold rounding out the top five. Shon Deskins raced from 16th to sixth, with Ronnie Clark, Stevie Sussex, Kyle Sager and Bryan Swinehart completing the top ten.
Ziehl, Pelkey, Reinbold and Clark topped heat race action for the 33-car field, with Mike Martin and Deskins winning the “B” Mains.
ASCS Canyon Region Results from Canyon Speedway Park:
First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 2. 78-Chris Bonneau, 3. 77m-R.J. Johnson, 4. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 5. 5x-Jody Wirth, 6. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 7. 61x-Marty Wilcox, 8. 26-John Brinkley, 9. 71-Harris Brooks.
Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 12-Josh Pelkey, 2. 62-Stevie Sussex, 3. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 4. 48t-Thomas Ogle, 5. 61-Jeff Slinkard, 6. 21az-Steve Sussex, 7. 8x-Chris Beal, 8. 16-Mike Martin.
Third Heat (8 Laps): 1. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 2. 20s-Kyle Sager, 3. 20-Shon Deskins, 4. 32b-Brian Hosford, 5. 0-Jay Ervine, 6. 79-Curtis Stults, 7. 611-Chuck Jackson. DNS: 20L-Jeremy Sherman.
Fourth Heat (8 Laps): 1. 6-Ronnie Clark, 2. 93-Justin Quinn, 3. 33-Matt Rossi, 4. 44-Nick Aiuto, 5. 6x-Bryan Swinehart, 6. 74-Colby Copeland, 7. 9x-John Shelton. DNS: 9-Ryan Linder.
First “B” Feature (10 Laps): 1. 16-Mike Martin, 2. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 3. 33-Matt Rossi, 4. 71-Harris Brooks, 5. 5x-Jody Wirth, 6. 79-Curtis Stults, 7. 611-Chuck Jackson, 8. 0-Jay Ervine, 9. 61x-Marty Wilcox. DNS: 9-Ryan Linder.
Second “B” Feature (10 Laps): 1. 20-Shon Deskins, 2. 6x-Bryan Swinehart, 3. 26-John Brinkley, 4. 74-Colby Copeland, 5. 9x-John Shelton, 6. 8x-Chris Beal, 7. 77-Dalten Gabbard. DNS: 21az-Steve Sussex, 20L-Jeremy Sherman.
“A” Feature (30 Laps): 1. 77m-R.J. Johnson, 2. 12-Josh Pelkey, 3. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 4. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 5. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 6. 20-Shon Deskins, 7. 6-Ronnie Clark, 8. 62-Stevie Sussex, 9. 20s-Kyle Sager, 10. 6x-Bryan Swinehart, 11. 93-Justin Quinn, 12. 74x-Joshua Hodges, 13. 32b-Brian Hosford, 14. 16-Mike Martin, 15. 26-John Brinkley, 16. 33-Matt Rossi, 17. 44-Nick Aiuto, 18. 61-Jeff Slinkard, 19. 78-Chris Bonneau, 20. 48t-Thomas Ogle.
ASCS Canyon Region Points (Top Ten): 1. Charles Davis, Jr. 2,095, 2. R.J. Johnson 1,904, 3. Josh Pelkey 1,840, 4. Mike Martin 1,837, 5. Andrew Reinbold 1,747, 6. Jeremy Sherman 1,686, 7. Ronnie Clark 1,664, 8. Dalten Gabbard 1,495, 9. Stevie Sussex 1,433, 10. Brian Hosford 1,432.