[Bill Gardner]

1/27/14 6:15 AM DARLAND REPEATS IN “WINTER CHALLENGE;” PELKEY TOPS POINTS

http://usacracing.com/news/sprint-ca...ey-tops-points



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DARLAND REPEATS IN “WINTER CHALLENGE;” PELKEY TOPS POINTS

Peoria, AZ……..Dave Darland of Lincoln, Ind. led wire-to-wire in Casey Minks’ Triple-X to win Sunday night’s 30-lap USAC Southwest/West Coast Sprint race at Canyon Speedway Park. Charles Davis Jr. took second ahead of Josh Pelkey, Ryan Bernal and Casey Shuman. Pelkey emerged with a 15-point lead over Darland in the “Winter Challenge” standings entering this week’s Thursday, Friday and Saturday finales.

USAC SOUTHWEST/WEST COAST “Special Event” SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: January 26, 2014 – Peoria, AZ – Canyon Speedway Park – “2014 Winter Challenge”

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Tye Mihocko (#5 Mihocko), 2. Josh Grady (#12J Grady), 3. R.J. Johnson (#51 Martin), 4. Stevie Sussex (#4 Price), 5. Shon Deskins (#20 Deskins), 6. Jimmy Crawford (#51X Crawford), 7. David Dykes (#52NM Dykes), 8. Jason Grady (#45 Grady). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Colby Copeland (#74 Williams), 2. Casey Shuman (#21X Pollock), 3. Josh Pelkey (#12 Allen), 4. Mitch Mack (#92 Mack), 5. Nic Faas (#73 Ford), 6. Michael Curtis (#11C Turner/Wheeler), 7. Aaron Reutzel (#21A Miller). NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Dave Darland (#1X Minks), 2. Charles Davis Jr. (#50 Massey), 3. Ryan Bernal (#111 Minks), 4. Dalten Gabbard (#5D Baldwin), 5. Josh Hodges (#74X Hodges), 6. Brady Bacon (#99 Bacon), 7. Mike Martin (#16 Martin). NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Dave Darland, 2. Charles Davis Jr., 3. Josh Pelkey, 4. Ryan Bernal, 5. Casey Shuman, 6. R.J. Johnson, 7. Aaron Reutzel, 8. Stevie Sussex, 9. Josh Hodges, 10 Mike Martin, 11. Nic Faas, 12. Brady Bacon, 13. Tye Mihocko, 14. Michael Curtis, 15. Jason Grady, 16. Shon Deskins, 17. Jimmy Crawford, 18. Josh Grady, 19. David Dykes, 20. Colby Copeland, 21. Dalten Gabbard, 22. Mitch Mack. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Darland.

WINTER CHALLENGE POINTS: 1-Pelkey-194, 2-Darland-179, 3-Johnson-177, 4-Bernal-174, 5-Shuman-166, 6-Davis-164, 7-Bacon-151, 8-Reutzel-139, 9-Hodges-129, 10-Faas-117.

NEXT USAC SOUTHWEST/WEST COAST “Special Event” SPRINT CAR RACE: January 30 – Peoria, AZ – Canyon Speedway Park - “2014 Winter Challenge”

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