Lonnie Wheatley, PEORIA, Ariz.
(October 22, 2011) – R.J. Johnson finished off Canyon Speedway Park’s Second
Annual Canyon Southwest Championships by besting Saturday night’s 35-car
Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Region field atop the 3/8-mile clay oval.
Johnson snared his fourth
wingless ASCS Canyon Region win of the year after starting from the pole
position in Bobby Martin’s Proflyer-powered Weiler Farms No. 51 Maxim.
Johnson took his 12th
career Canyon Region win in front of Casey Shuman, with current series points
leader Jeremy Sherman, defending champion Charles Davis, Jr., and Ronnie Clark
rounding out the top five.
Ryan Linder was sixth, with Rick
Ziehl, Thomas Ogle, Shon Deskins and Mike Martin completing the top ten.
Josh Pelkey, Ziehl, Logan Forler
and Shuman each claimed heat race wins, with Stevie Sussex and Deskins winning
the “B” Mains.
Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Region Results from Canyon
Speedway Park:
First Heat (10 Laps):
1. 12-Josh Pelkey, 2. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 3. 21-Jeremy Sherman, 4. 7k-Bruce
St. James, 5. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 6. 22x-Mike Rux, Jr., 7. 74-Derek Williams,
8. 0-Jeff Slinkard, 9. 32b-Brian Hosford.
Second Heat (10 Laps):
1. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 2. 48T-Thomas Ogle, 3. 51-R.J. Johnson, 4. 62x-Bill
Mitchell, 5. 16-Mike Martin, 6. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 7. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 8.
9-Brandon Lane, 9. 5x-Jody Wirth.
Third Heat (10 Laps):
1. 2L-Logan Forler, 2. 62-David Cardey, 3. 1-Stevie Sussex, 4. 20-Shon
Deskins, 5. 93-Justin Quinn, 6. 9s-John Shelton, 7. 17k-Kyle Danielson, 8.
6jt-Michael Curtis, 9. 51x-Cody Cambensy.
Fourth Heat (10 Laps):
1. 12s-Casey Shuman, 2. 9x-Ryan Linder, 3. 68-Bryan Swinehart, 4. 6-Ronnie
Clark, 5. 22-Jesse Baker, 6. 17-Michael Colegrove, 7. 11T-Lonnie Oliver, 8.
53-Tom Lee.
First “B” Feature (12
Laps): 1. 1-Stevie Sussex, 2. 93-Justin Quinn, 3. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 4.
19-Andrew Reinbold, 5. 17-Michael Colegrove, 6. 0-Jeff Slinkard, 7. 11T-Lonnie
Oliver, 8. 6jt-Michael Curtis, 9. 9s-John Shelton. DNS: 51x-Cody Cambensy,
5x-Jody Wirth.
Second “B” Feature (12
Laps): 1. 20-Shon Deskins, 2. 16-Mike Martin, 3. 9-Brandon Lane, 4. 32b-Brian
Hosford, 5. 22-Jesse Baker, 6. 74-Derek Williams, 7. 17k-Kyle Danielson, 8.
53-Tom Lee, 9. 22x-Mike Rux, Jr., 10. 62x-Bill Mitchell.
"A" Feature (30 Laps):
1. 51-R.J. Johnson, 2. 12s-Casey Shuman, 3. 21-Jeremy Sherman, 4. 50-Charles
Davis, Jr., 5. 6-Ronnie Clark, 6. 9x-Ryan Linder, 7. 20z-Rick Ziehl, 8.
48T-Thomas Ogle, 9. 20-Shon Deskins, 10. 16-Mike Martin, 11. 93-Justin Quinn,
12. 68-Bryan Swinehart, 13. 62-David Cardey, 14. 77-Dalten Gabbard, 15.
12-Josh Pelkey, 16. 8-Bob Ream, Jr., 17. 1-Stevie Sussex, 18. 9-Brandon Lane,
19. 2L-Logan Forler, 20. 7k-Bruce St. James.
Sunoco Fuel ASCS Canyon Region Points (Top Ten): 1.
Jeremy Sherman 2,093 2. Charles Davis, Jr. 2,022, 3. R.J. Johnson 1,815, 4.
Ronnie Clark 1,698, 5. Andrew Reinbold 1,671, 6. Bruce St. James 1,597, 7.
Mike Martin 1,583, 8. Josh Pelkey 1,564, 9. Ryan Linder 1,497, 10. Justin
Quinn 1,483.
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