From Lance Jennings
RJ Johnson won the USAC Southwest Sprint Car feature at Tularosa Speedway Sunday night. Johnson was chased by Charles Davis Jr.,Josh Pelkey, Matt Rossi and Tye Mihocko.
USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: August 31, 2014 – Tularosa, New Mexico – Tularosa Speedway (Co-sanctioned by NMMRA)
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. R.J. Johnson (#77M Michaels), 2. Kyle McCutcheon (#7L McCutcheon), 3. Josh Pelkey (#12 Allen), 4. Andy Reinbold (#19 Underwood), 5. Don Grable (#148N Grable), 6. Michael Curtis (#11C Turner/Wheeler), 7. David Dykes (#55NM Dykes), 8. Bo Baker (#22NM Baker). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Shon Deskins (#20 Deskins), 2. Tye Mihocko (#5 Mihocko), 3. Charles Davis Jr. (#50 Massey), 4. Matthew Cardienas (#7M Cardienas), 5. Dillon Tanner (#11W West), 6. Stephen Spiak (#17X Spiak), 7. Stephen Nix (#52NM Nix), 8. Jesse Baker (#22 Baker). NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Nick Aiuto (#27 Aiuto), 2. Josh Hodges (#74X Hodges), 3. Robert Herrera (#9 Herrera), 4. Matt Ziehl (#36DD), 5. Michael Fanelli (#38 Fanelli), 6. Randy Smith (#26 Smith), 7. Chuck Jackson (#99 Jackson), 8. Katherine Aragon (#42 Aragon). NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Mike Martin (#16 Martin), 2. Brian Hosford (#32B Weber), 3. Matt Rossi (#02 Rossi), 4. James Hatch (#41NM Hatch), 5. Ronnie Smith (#19R Smith), 6. Danny Lee (#7X), 7. Asa Kesterson (#18 Kesterson), 8. Kristy Smith (#4L Smith). NT
FIRST SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Curtis, 2. Grable, 3. J.Baker, 4. Fanelli, 5. Dykes, 6. K.Smith, 7. Spiak, 8. Ra.Smith. NT
SECOND SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Hatch, 2. Nix, 3. B.Baker, 4. Ro.Smith, 5. Lee, 6. Kesterson, 7. Aragon, 8. Jackson. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. R.J. Johnson, 2. Charles Davis Jr., 3. Josh Pelkey, 4. Matt Rossi, 5. Tye Mihocko, 6. Nick Aiuto, 7. Josh Hodges, 8. Shon Deskins, 9. Don Grable, 10. Kyle McCutcheon, 11. Brian Hosford, 12. Mike Martin, 13. Michael Curtis, 14. Jesse Baker, 15. Andy Reinbold, 16. Stephen Nix, 17. Matt Ziehl, 18. Matthew Cardienas, 19. Robert Herrera, 20. James Hatch, 21. Dillon Tanner, 22. Bo Baker. NT
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**Ra.Smith & Spiak flipped during the first semi.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Johnson.
NEW USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Johnson-955, 2-Pelkey-836, 3-Davis-834, 4-Deskins-788, 5-Rossi-731, 6-Martin-697, 7-Mihocko-696, 8-Aiuto-533, 9-Reinbold-513, 10-Curtis-498.
NEXT USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR RACE: September 6 – Queen Creek, AZ – Arizona Speedway