9/19/16 8:42 AM SUSSEX TAKES ARIZONA SPEEDWAY FEATURE
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SUSSEX TAKES ARIZONA SPEEDWAY FEATURE
Queen Creek, AZ……..Stevie Sussex of Tempe, Ariz. won Saturday night’s USAC Southwest Sprint race at Arizona Speedway. Wheeling the Mike Burkhart Stratis Construction/Westin Diversified RSS/Chevy, he grabbed the lead from Josh Pelkey on lap 20 and was leading when the race was halted at 25 laps due to curfew. Pelkey was second ahead of R.J. Johnson, Charles Davis Jr. and Matt Rossi.
USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: September 17, 2016 – Queen Creek, Arizona – Arizona Speedway – “Arizona College Night”
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1.Josh Pelkey (#12 Allen), 2. Bruce St. James (#7K St. James), 3. Charles Davis Jr. (#50 Massey), 4. Tom Ogle (#48 Ogle), 5. Dennis Gile (#13 Gile), 6. Landon Cling (#54 Cling), 7. Brett Yarnell (#29B Yarnell). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stevie Sussex (#21AZ Burkhart), 2. Shon Deskins (#20 Deskins), 3. Matt Rossi (#02 Rossi), 4. Mike Martin (#16 Martin), 5. Brian Hosford (#22B Weber), 6. Matt Lundy (#98 Lundy), 7. Tyler Brown (#9G Brown). NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. R.J. Johnson (#77M Michael), 2. Tye Mihocko (#5 Mihocko), 3. Kyle Shipley (#0G Shipley), 4. Cody Batten (#71B Batten), 5. Lealand Fuller (#3 Fuller), 6. Jordan Stetson (#8AZ Stetson), 7. Vickie Faber (#50V Faber). NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Michael Curtis (#11C Turner/Wheeler), 2. Andy Reinbold (#19 Underwood), 3. Chris Bonneau (#78 Bonneau), 4. Tanner Grau (#34 Grau), 5. Joe Schoepner (#17 Schoepner), 6. Zach Madrid (#5Z Madrid). NT
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Gile, 2. Cling, 3. Lundy, 4. Schoepner, 5. Hosford, 6. Fuller, 7. Yarnel, 8. Faber, 9. Stetson, 10. Brown. NT
FEATURE: (25 laps – Shortened from 30 due to curfew) 1. Stevie Sussex, 2. Josh Pelkey, 3. R.J. Johnson, 4. Charles Davis Jr., 5. Matt Rossi, 6. Tye Mihocko, 7. Chris Bonneau, 8. Tom Ogle, 9. Dennis Gile, 10. Kyle Shipley, 11. Michael Curtis, 12. Landon Cling, 13. Brian Hosford, 14. Mike Martin, 15. Shon Deskins, 16. Cody Batten, 17. Matt Lundy, 18. Joe Schoepner, 19. Tanner Grau, 20. Bruce St. James, 21. Lealand Fuller, 22. Andy Reinbold. NT
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**Madrid flipped during the fourth heat. Reinbold flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-19 Pelkey, Laps 20-25 Sussex.
HARD CHARGER: Dennis Gile (17th to 9th)
NEW USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Johon-1,135, 2-Davis-1,022, 3-Rossi-928, 4-Martin-881, 5-Mihocko-769, 6-Gile=722, 7-Sussex-718, 8-Nick Aiuto-639, 9-Bonneau-609, 10-Hosford-587.
NEXT USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT RACE: October 15 – Queen Creek, AZ – Arizona Speedway
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