From Lance Jennings
Las Cruces, NM — (July 20, 2013)– Rick Ziehl won the USAC Southwest Sprint Car Series feature Saturday night at Southern New Mexico Speedway. R.J. Johnson, Charles Davis Jr., Andy Reinbold, and Josh Hodges rounded out the top five.
USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT RACE RESULTS: July 20, 2013 – Las Cruces, New Mexico – Southern New Mexico Speedway – (Co-sanctioned with NMMRA)
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Charles Davis Jr. (#50 Massey), 2. R.J. Johnson (#77M Michaels), 3. Ronnie Clark (#6 Clark), 4. Mike Bonneau (#29 Bonneau), 5. Don Grable (#148 Grable), 6. Cody Dons (#24C Dons), 7. Derek DeMartino (#99.5 DeMartino), 8. Dillon Tanner (#56W Tanner), 9. Justin Brown (#97 Brown). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Josh Hodges (#74X Hodges), 2. Chris Bonneau (#78 Bonneau), 3. Brian Hosford (#32B Weber), 4. Steve Harms (#60 Harms), 5. Jesse Baker (#7 Baker), 6. David Burns (#52NM Burns), 7. Jerill Higginbotham (#50H Higginbotham), 8. Bill Mitchell (#62 Mitchell). NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Rick Ziehl (#20Z Ziehl), 2. Ronnie Smith (#19R Smith), 3. Andy Reinbold (#19 Underwood), 4. Nick Rael (#73 Rael), 5. Michael Curtis (#11C Turner/Wheeler), 6. Jarrod Smith (#12 Smith), 7. David Dykes (#55 Dykes), 8. Tom Lee (#53 Lee). NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. James Aragon (#94 Aragon), 2. Mike Martin (#16 Martin), 3. Mike Wells (#56 Wells), 4. Kyle McCutcheon (#5 McCutcheon), 5. Matt Ziehl (#36DD Ziehl), 6. Shon Deskins (#20 Deskins), 7. James Hatch (#41 Hatch), 8. Kristy Smith (#4L Smith). NT
DASH: (6 laps) 1. Davis, 2. Johnson, 3. Hodges, 4. R.Ziehl, 5. Reinbold, 6. Martin, 7. R.Smith, 8. Aragon. NT
SEMI: (15 laps) 1. Deskins, 2. Burns, 3. DeMartino, 4. Curtis, 5. M.Ziehl, 6. Baker, 7. Rael, 8. Hatch, 9. Dons, 10. J.Smith, 11. K.Smith, 12. Brown, 13. Higginbotham, 14. Tanner, 15. Dykes. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rick Ziehl, 2. R.J. Johnson, 3. Charles Davis Jr., 4. Andy Reinbold, 5. Josh Hodges, 6. Mike Martin, 7. Ronnie Clark, 8. Brian Hosford, 9. Kyle McCutcheon, 10. James Aragon, 11. Mike Boneau, 12. Michael Curtis, 13. Jesse Baker, 14. Ronnie Smith, 15. Steven Harms, 16. Don Grable, 17. Matt Ziehl, 18. Mike Wells, 19. Shon Deskins, 20. Chris Bonneau, 21. Derek DeMartino, 22. David Burns. NT
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**Higginbotham flipped during the semi. Burns flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Johnson, Laps 21-24 Ziehl, Laps 25-29 Johnson, Lap 30 Ziehl.
NEW SOUTHWEST SPRINT POINTS:
NEXT SOUTHWEST SPRINT RACE: July 27 – Peoria, Arizona – Canyon Speedway Park – “Summer Slam”