CLAUSON 2-FOR-2 IN PEORIA’S “WINTER CHALLENGE”
Peoria, AZ……..Bryan Clauson has struck again at the “Winter Challenge” at Canyon Speedway Park, winning round two of the series at the 3/8-mile dirt oval near Phoenix. Clauson, of Noblesville, Ind., led the final 19 laps of Friday night’s 30-lapper in his Mike Martin Ultimate Offroad/Naquin Precision Earth Moving Maxim after passing Jon Stanbrough on lap 12. Stanbrough took second ahead of Ryan Bernal, Charles Davis Jr. and Andrew Reinbold. The series concludes with two events today, a day and a night race.
USAC SOUTHWEST/WEST COAST “Special Event” SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: February 1, 2013 – Peoria, AZ – Canyon Speedway Park – “2013 Winter Challenge”
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson (#16B Martin), 2. Rick Ziehl (#20Z Ziehl), 3. Stevie Sussex (#1AZ Sussex), 4. Jace Vander Weerd (#88 Vander Weerd), 5. Richard Vander Weerd (#10 Vander Weerd), 6. Tom Lee (#53 Lee), 7. Glen Brace (#13 Brace), 8. Jeremy Sherman (#77M Michaels), 9. Colby Copeland (#74 Williams). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jon Stanbrough (#20 Deskins), 2. Josh Pelkey (#4JR Reagles), 3. Andy Reinbold (#19 Underwood), 4. Robert Ballou (#77 Hockett), 5. Bud Kaeding (#29 Bowman), 6. Brian Hosford (#32B Weber), 7. Charles Davis Jr. (#50 Massey), 8. Kevin Thomas Jr. (#21 Ellis), 9. Jason Grady (#45 Grady). NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jimmy Crawford (#3X Crawford), 2. Bruce St. James (#7K St. James), 3. Ryan Bernal (#73 Ford), 4. Tom Ogle (#48 Ogle), 5. Josh Hodges (#74X Hodges), 6. R.J. Johnson (#51 Martin), 7. Mark Morin (#28 Morin), 8. Tony Everhart (#55 Everhart), 9. Mike Martin (#16 Martin). NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Davis, 2. Johnson, 3. Hosford, 4. Sherman, 5. Copeland, 6. Thomas, 7. Everhart, 8. Lee, 9. Grady, 10. Martin, 11. Morin. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Jon Stanbrough, 3. Robert Ballou, 4. Ryan Bernal, 5. Charles Davis Jr., 6. Andy Reinbold, 7. Tom Ogle, 8. Jeremy Sherman, 9. Josh Hodges, 10. Richard Vander Weerd, 11. Jimmy Crawford, 12. Bruce St. James, 13. Stevie Sussex, 14. R.J. Johnson, 15. Colby Copeland, 16. Josh Pelkey, 17. Glen Brace, 18. Kevin Thomas Jr., 19. Brian Hosford, 20. Jace Vander Weerd, 21. Rick Ziehl, 22. Bud Kaeding. NT
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**Copeland flipped during the first heat. Kaeding flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Crawford, Laps 3-11 Stanbrough, Laps 12-30 Clauson.
NEW “Winter Challenge” POINTS: 1-Clauson-136, 2-Stanbrough-107, 3-Sherman-104, 4-St. James and Davis-96, 6-Reinbold-94, 7-R.Vander Weerd-88, 8-Ballou-85, 9-Ogle-84, 10-Copeland-69.
NEXT SOUTHWEST/WEST COAST “Special Event” SPRINT RACE: February 2 – Peoria, AZ – Canyon Speedway Park – “2013 Winter Challenge” (doubleheader)