By Dick Jordan
The USAC Southwest Sprint Cars resume action June 22 at Central Arizona Raceway in Casa Grande, Ariz. Charles Davis Jr. won the May race at Casa Grande and trails R.J. Johnson by 63 points in the latest series standings.
Davis, of Buckeye, Ariz., has joined the logjam at the top of the all-time list of USAC race winners in the state of Arizona after his eighth career win Saturday night at Arizona Speedway in Queen Creek.
Davis caught early leader Josh Pelkey on lap six and led to the finish in his Massey Motorsports RSS Industries/Rod End Supply RSS/Don Ott to beat Shon Deskins, R.J. Johnson, Chris Bonneau and Stevie Sussex.
Davis shares the all-time Arizona lead with A.J. Foyt, Dave Steele, Bryan Clauson and Damion Gardner.
2013 USAC Southwest Sprint Car Standings: 1-R.J. Johnson-490, 2-Charles Davis Jr.-427, 3-Mike Martin-397, 4-Shon Deskins-380, 5-Ronnie Clark-358, 6-Chris Bonneau-346, 7-Stevie Sussex-334. 8-Josh Pelkey-334, 9-Andy Reinbold-288, 10-Justin Quinn-279.