Sussex scores Vegas victory

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From Lance Jennings

Las Vegas, NV — (March 5, 2015) — Stevie Sussex won the USAC West Coast / Southwest Sprint Car Series feature Thursday night at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track. Ryan Bernal, Matt Mitchell, Charles Davis Jr, and Hunter Schuerenberg rounded out the top five.

USAC WEST COAST/SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: March 5, 2015 – Las Vegas, Nevada – Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track – 4th FVP “Sin City Showdown”/Grudge Series

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hunter Schuerenberg (#73X Ford), 2. Danny Faria Jr. (#17V Bowman), 3. Richard Vander Weerd (#10 Vander Weerd), 4. Josh Pelkey (#12 Allen), 5. Colby Copeland (#74 Williams), 6. Dennis Gile (#13 Gile), 7. Shannon McQueen (#87 Van Meter), 8. Tye Mihocko (#5 Mihocko). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. R.J. Johnson (#77M Michaels), 2. Stevie Sussex (#21AZ Burkhart), 3. Matt Mitchell (#37 Mitchell), 4. Brody Roa (#48 Leonard), 5. Trey Marcham (#73 Ford), 6. Shon Deskins (#20 Deskins), 7. Tristan Guardino (#81 Watt), 8. Landon Hurst (#179 Hurst). NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal (#56 Phulps), 2. Austin Liggett (#83 Liggett), 3. Bruce St. James (#7K St. James), 4. Jace Vander Weerd (#88 Vander Weerd), 5. Max Adams (#5X Adams), 6. Matt Rossi (#02 Rossi), 7. Jeff Sibley (#42N Sibley), 8. Andy Reinbold (#19 Underwood). NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Charles Davis Jr. (#50 Massey), 2. Troy Rutherford (#11 Rutherford), 3. Chris Windom (#22B Weber), 4. Mike Martin (#16 Martin), 5. Dustin Cormany (#20X Deskins), 6. Brian Hosford (#32B Weber), 7. A.J. Bender (#21B Bender). NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. J.Vander Weerd, 2. Copeland, 3. Rossi, 4. Deskins, 5. Marcham, 6. Hurst, 7. Cormany, 8. Reinbold, 9. Sibley, 10. Guardino, 11. McQueen, 12. Bender, 13. Gile, 14. Hosford. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Stevie Sussex, 2. Ryan Bernal, 3. Matt Mitchell, 4. Charles Davis Jr., 5. Hunter Schuerenberg, 6. Colby Copeland, 7. Chris Windom, 8. Richard Vander Weerd, 9. Max Adams, 10. Jace Vander Weerd, 11. R.J. Johnson, 12. Danny Faria Jr., 13. Trey Marcham, 14. Matt Rossi, 15. Austin Liggett, 16. Mike Martin, 17. Troy Rutherford, 18. Landon Hurst, 19. Shon Deskins, 20. Josh Pelkey, 21. Brody Roa, 22. Bruce St. James. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-21 Schuerenberg, Laps 22-30 Sussex.

NEW WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Sussex-72, 2-Bernal-71, 3-Davis-63, 4-Mitchell-62, 5-Schuerenberg-57, 6-Copeland-48, 7-Wndom-48, 8-R.Vander Weerd-45, 9-Adams-40, 10-Johnson-39.
NEW SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Sussex-72, 2-Bernal-71, 3-Davis-63, 4-Mitchell-62, 5-Schuerenberg-57, 6-Copeland-48, 7-Wndom-48, 8-R.Vander Weerd-45, 9-Adams-40, 10-Johnson-39.

NEXT WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: March 13 – Tulare, CA – Thunderbowl Raceway
NEXT SOUTHWEST SPRINT RACE: March 28 – Peoria, AZ – Canyon Speedway Park – “Hank Arnold Memorial”