R.J. Johnson scores Victory at the Copper on Dirt

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: March 2, 2013 – Peoria, Arizona – Canyon Speedway Park – 6th “Copper on Dirt”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-13.588; 2. Charles Davis Jr., 4G, Cook-13.712; 3. Bryan Clauson, 16B, Martin-13.729; 4. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-13.784; 5. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-13.829; 6. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-13.970; 7. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-13.972; 8. Bruce St. James, 7K, St. James-14.029; 9. Brody Roa, 91, BR-14.033; 10. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-14.127; 11. Cory Kruseman, 7, Priestley-14.175; 12. Damion Gardner, 4a, Alexander-14.199; 13. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-14.222; 14. Seth Wilson, 1x, Wilson-14.251; 15. David Cardey, 92, Sertich-14.254; 16. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-14.267; 17. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-14.309; 18. Hunter Schuerenberg, 8, Ream-14.332; 19. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-14.441; 20. J.J. Yeley, 11, Yeley-14.521; 21. David Bezio, 37x, Bezio-14.626; 22. Andy Reinbold, 19, Underwood-14.634; 23. Michael Curtis, 11c, Brett-14.643; 24. Josh Hodges, 74X, Hodges-14.654; 25. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-14.771; 26. Mike Martin, 16, Martin-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. A.Williams, 2. Faas, 3. Mitchell, 4. Spencer, 5. Johnson, 6. Bernal, 7. C.Williams, 8. Reinbold, 9. Everhart. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Davis, 2. Wilson, 3. Kruseman, 4. Gaunt, 5. St. James, 6. Yeley, 7. Martin, 8. R.Williams, 9. Curtis. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Gardner, 3. Schuerenberg, 4. Cardey, 5. Hodges, 6. Kaeding, 7. Roa, 8. Bezio. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. R.Williams, 3. Bernal, 4. Roa, 5. Yeley, 6. C.Williams, 7. Reinbold, 8. Martin, 9. Bezio, 10. Everhart, 11. Curtis. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. R.J. Johnson, 2. Nic Faas, 3. Bryan Clauson, 4. Damion Gardner, 5. Ryan Bernal, 6. Bud Kaeding, 7. Hunter Schuerenberg, 8. Rickie Gaunt, 9. Charles Davis Jr., 10. Brody Roa, 11. Josh Hodges, 12. David Cardey, 13. J.J. Yeley, 14. Rip Williams, 15. Cody Williams, 16. Seth Wilson, 17. Andrew Reinbold, 18. Austin Williams, 19. David Bezio, 20. Cory Kruseman, 21. Bruce St. James, 22. Matt Mitchell, 23. Mike Spencer. NT

**Mitchell flipped on lap 3 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 St. James, Laps 2-30 Johnson.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Clauson-138, 2-Faas-124, 3-Gardner-119, 4-Kaeding-110, 5-Bernal-98, 6-Schuerenberg-91, 7-Spencer-80, 8-Roa-71, 9-Mitchell-63, 10-Cardey-60.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: March 9, 2013 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway