NickHolt Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 Canyon Speedway Park Saturday Report - R.J. Johnson Tops Salute to Indy Opener at CSP by Lonnie Wheatley PEORIA, Ariz. (May 28, 2016) – Reigning USAC Southwest Sprint Car champion R.J. Johnson has a habit of stepping it up on Memorial Day weekend. He did it again on Saturday night by racing to victory lane in the opening leg of the Fifth Annual “Salute to Indy” atop the 1/3-mile Canyon Speedway Park clay oval for his fifth triumph in the last seven Memorial Day weekend events over the past four years. While Johnson ruled the USAC Southwest Sprint Car ranks, other Saturday night winners includes Josh Shipley in NAPA Non-Wing Sprint Cars, Chuck Thornton in IMCA Hobby Stock vs. Renegade action, Dustin Cormany in Micro Sprints and Jake Boyle in Mod Lites. On the first of two “Salute to Indy” nights of action, three-time USAC Southwest Sprint Car champ R.J. Johnson gunned into the lead at the outset and led all 30 laps aboard the Kodiak Products/Beal’s Auto Body No. 77m Sherman-chassis for his second win of the year. Johnson was chased to the line by Nick Aiuto with Josh Pelkey, Brian Hosford and 17th-starter Landon Cling rounding out the top five. In NAPA Non-Wing Sprint Car action, Josh Shipley rallied from six rows deep to take the checkered flag ahead of Dustin Cormany with Cody Batten, Kyle Shipley and Zack Madrid rounding out the top five. Chuck Thornton raced from the fifth starting position to capture his second Scottsdale Muffler & Automotive IMCA Hobby Stock vs. Renegade win of the year ahead of 12th-starter Jason Crowe with Ashley Stafford, Richard Bennett and Jacob Madrid in the top five. Dustin Cormany raced from the pole position to snare his second Power 600 Micro Sprint feature win of the season in front of Mason Keefer and Ryan Hennessey while Jake Boyle notched his first Western Mod Lite feature win of the year at CSP ahead of 10th-starter Steve Moriarty and Brenden Priest. The Fifth Annual “Salute to Indy” at Canyon Speedway Park wraps up with another full night of action firing off at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday night featuring the USAC Southwest Sprint Cars along with the NAPA Non-Wing Sprint Cars, Scottsdale Muffler & Automotive IMCA Hobby Stocks vs. Renegades, Power 600 Micro Sprints and Western Mod Lites. May 28, 2016 – Fifth Annual Salute to Indy Night One Results USAC Southwest Sprint Cars: Heat One: 1. 77m-R.J. Johnson, 2. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 3. 27-Nick Aiuto, 4. 11c-Michael Curtis, 5. 34-Tanner Grau, 6. 0-Jonas Reynolds, 7. 29b-Brent Yarnel. Heat Two: 1. 21az-Stevie Sussex, 2. 48-Thomas Ogle, 3. 5-Tye Mihocko, 4. 5z-Zack Madrid, 5. 99-Kyle Shipley, 6. 56-Spencer Hill, 7. 18-Asa Kesterson. Heat Three: 1. 78-Chris Bonneau, 2. 32b-Brian Hosford, 3. 16-Mike Martin, 4. 14az-Dustn Burkhart, 5. 9g-Adam Milsap, 6. F2-Larry Kesterson. Heat Four: 1. 02-Matt Rossi, 2. 20-Shon Deskins, 3. 12-Josh Pelkey, 4. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 5. 7k-Bruce St. James, 6. 54-Landon Cling. “B” Feature: 1. 54-Landon Cling, 2. 7k-Bruce St. James, 3. 34-Tanner Grau, 4. 18-Asa Kesterson, 5. 0-Jonas Reynolds, 6. 56-Spencer Hill, 7. 99-Kyle Shipley, 8. 9g-Adam Milsap, 9. 29b-Brent Yarnel, 10. F2-Larry Kesterson. “A” Feature: 1. 77m-R.J. Johnson, 2. 27-Nick Aiuto, 3. 12-Josh Pelkey, 4. 32b-Brian Hosford, 5. 54-Landon Cling, 6. 5-Tye Mihocko, 7. 0-Jonas Reynolds, 8. 21az-Stevie Sussex, 9. 16-Mike Martin, 10. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 11. 02-Matt Rossi, 12. 14az-Dustin Burkhart, 13. 20-Shon Deskins, 14. 56-Spencer Hill, 15. 48-Thomas Ogle, 16. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 17. 7k-Bruce St. James, 18. 78-Chris Bonneau, 19. 5z-Zack Madrid, 20. 11c-Michael Curtis, 21. 18-Asa Kesterson, 22. 34-Tanner Grau. NAPA Non-Wing Sprint Cars: Heat One: 1. 20-Shon Deskins, 2. 53-Tom Lee, 3. 34-Tanner Grau, 4. 98-Matt Lundy, 5. 5z-Zack Madrid, 6. 17-Joe Scheopner, 7. 35-Steve Wagner. Heat Two: 1. 22-Dustin Cormany, 2. 71b-Cody Batten, 3. 51-Cody Cambensy, 4. 45k-Lance Salo, 5. 71h-Cody Hurley, 6. 65-John Romero, 7. 63-Don Kessler. Heat Three: 1. 5-Mike Visser, 2. 9-Johnny Shelton, Jr., 3. 2-Josh Shipley, 4. 18-Asa Kesterson, 5. 0g-Kyle Shipley, 6. 0-Brian Hatlestad, 7. 7s-Robert King. “A” Feature: 1. 2-Josh Shipley, 2. 22-Dustin Cormany, 3. 71b-Cody Batten, 4. 0g-Kyle Shipley, 5. 5z-Zack Madrid, 6. 9-Johnny Shelton, Jr., 7. 51-Cody Cambensy, 8. 7s-Robert King, 9. 45k-Lance Salo, 10. 98-Matt Lundy, 11. 35-Steve Wagner, 12. 17-Joe Scheopner, 13. 63-Don Kessler, 14. 53-Tom Lee, 15. 0-Brian Hatlestad, 16. 65-John Romero, 17. 18-Asa Kesterson, 18. 71h-Cody Hurley, 19. 20-Shon Deskins, 20. 34-Tanner Grau, 21. 5-Mike Visser. Scottsdale Muffler & Automotive IMCA Hobby Stocks vs. Renegades: Heat One: 1. 57-Collin Phipps, 2. 40b-Bradley Stafford, 3. 16b-Richard Bennett, 4. 13-Jason Crowe, 5. 48-Mike Hartsock, 6. 26-Alison Groh, 7. 420-Vaughn Packer. Heat Two: 1. 9-Paul O’Connor, 2. 13m-Johnny Madrid, 3. 5-Merle Zachrison, 4. 54-James Turensky, 5. 4-Dean Zachrison, 6. 08-Michelle Halfhill, 7. 4F-Paul Foote. Heat Three: 1. 3-Ashley Stafford, 2. XX-Chuck Thornton, 3. 5J-Jacob Madrid, 4. 99-Trenton Setelin, 5. 65-John Romero, 6. 36-Roger Posey, 7. 5s-Joe Pontin. “A” Feature: 1. XX-Chuck Thornton, 2. 13-Jason Crowe, 3. 3-Ashley Stafford, 4. 16b-Richard Bennett, 5. 5J-Jacob Madrid, 6. 65-John Romero, 7. 4-Dean Zachrison, 8. 9-Paul O’Connor, 9. 08-Michelle Halfhill, 10. 99-Trenton Setelin, 11. 40b-Bradley Stafford, 12. 57p-Collin Phipps, 13. 48-Mike Hartsock, 14. 36-Roger Posey, 15. 5-Merle Zachrison, 16. 5s-Joe Pontin, 17. 26-Alison Groh, 18. 13m-Johnny Madrid, 19. 54-James Turensky, 20. 420-Vaughn Packer, 21. 4F-Paul Foote. Power 600 Micro Sprints: Heat One: 1. 7kk-Mason Keefer, 2. 41h-Colton Hardy, 3. 11k-Tyler Congleton, 4. 28-Mark Morin, 5. 11m-A.J. Miller, 6. 14-Logan Heath, 7. 4s-Spencer Hill. Heat Two: 1. 29az-Paul Martin, 2. 88-Tyler Merrill, 3. 16-Pat Wing, 4. 7k-Daniel Dewitt, 5. 7-Kevin Keefer, 6. 04J-Dale Eliason, Jr. Heat Three: 1. 57-Kyle Huttenhow, 2. 2-Ryan Hennessey, 3. 37J-Dustin Cormany, 4. 50-Ray Herrera, 5. 91-Cory Huggins, 6. 20az-Jarrett Martin. Heat Four: 1. 23-Stephen Simpson III, 2. 1-Caiden Clarke. “A” Feature: 1. 37J-Dustin Cormany, 2. 7kk-Mason Keefer, 3. 2-Ryan Hennessey, 4. 41h-Colton Hardy, 5. 57-Kyle Huttenhow, 6. 29az-Paul Martin, 7. 11m-A.J. Miller, 8. 28-Mark Morin, 9. 16-Pat Wing, 10. 11k-Tyler Congleton, 11. 50-Ray Herrera, 12. 4s-Spencer Hill, 13. 04J-Dale Eliason, Jr., 14. 7-Kevin Keefer, 15. 7k-Daniel Dewitt, 16. 91-Cory Huggins, 17. 14-Logan Heath, 18. 20az-Jarrett Martin, 19. 88-Tyler Merrill, 20. 23-Stephen Simpson III, 21. 1-Caiden Clarke. Western Mod Lites: Heat One: 1. 51-John Priest, 2. 57-Chase Alves, 3. 55-Mike Opoka, 4. 95-Collin Bender, 5. 2k-Taylor Kuehl, 6. 69-Tom Kuncis, 7. 53az-Karl Ackley. Heat Two: 1. 17-Steve Moriarty, 2. 7-Dave Lems, 3. 26-Jake Boyle, 4. 15-Ken Young, 5. 114-Sean Conyers, 6. 91-Sarah Houton, 7. 23-Joeleen Storck. Heat Three: 1. 52-Brenden Priest, 2. 116-Jim Hock, 3. 96-Hayden Bender, 4. 97-Steve Bender, 5. 98-Jeff Lowe, 6. 33-Mike Schmidt, 7. 77-Bryan Ledbetter, Jr. “A” Feature: 1. 26-Jake Boyle, 2. 17-Steve Moriarty, 3. 52-Brenden Priest, 4. 51-John Priest, 5. 15-Ken Young, 6. 114-Sean Conyers, 7. 2k-Taylor Kuehl, 8. 7-Dave Lems, 9. 96-Hayden Bender, 10. 33-Mike Schmidt, 11. 95-Collin Bender, 12. 97-Steve Bender, 13. 98-Jeff Lowe, 14. 69-Tom Kuncis, 15. 55-Mike Opoka, 16. 77-Bryan Ledbetter, Jr., 17. 53az-Karl Ackley, 18. 57-Chase Alvez, 19. 23-Joeleen Storck, 20. 116-Jim Hock, 21. 91-Sarah Houton. R.J. Jonson Sweeps Through CSP Salute to Indy Weekend by Lonnie Wheatley PEORIA, Ariz. (May 29, 2016) – R.J. Johnson finished off a sweep of the weekend’s Fifth Annual “Salute to Indy” by racing to victory lane in Sunday night’s USAC Southwest Sprint Car finale atop the 1/3-mile Canyon Speedway Park clay oval. While the reigning USAC Southwest Sprint Car champion exerted his dominance, other Sunday night winners included Shon Deskins in both NAPA Non-Wing Sprint Cars and Micro Sprints, Bradley Stafford in IMCA Hobby Stocks vs. Renegades and John Priest in Mod Lites. Johnson made it six wins in the last eight “Salute to Indy” events over the past four years and his second sweep by taking the checkered flag in the Kodiak Products/Beal’s Auto Body No. 77m Sherman-chassis. This time, Johnson raced from sixth to take the win ahead of Bruce St. James with 10th-starter Matt Rossi, 12th-starter Brian Hosford and Dustin Burkhart rounding out the top five as Mike Martin rallied from 22nd to finish sixth. Shon Deskins raced from the pole position to win the NAPA Non-Wing Sprint Car feature event ahead of Zack Madrid and Josh Shipley and also scored his third Power 600 Micro Sprint feature win of the season from the pole as well ahead of Colton Hardy and Dustin Cormany. Bradley Stafford outlasted Richard Bennett and Paul O’Connor for Scottsdale Muffler & Automotive IMCA Hobby Stock vs. Renegade honors while John Priest beat Brenden Priest and Chase Alves to the line in Western Mod Lite action. Racing action continues at Canyon Speedway Park on Saturday night, June 11, with the annual Summer Sizzle event featuring Late Models, Arizona Differential IMCA Modifieds, Allscapes IMCA Stock Cars vs. SCRA Stock Cars, Scottsdale Muffler & Automotive IMCA Hobby Stocks vs. Renegades, Dwarf Cars and Power 600 Micro Sprints. May 29, 2016 – Fifth Annual Salute to Indy Night Two Results USAC Southwest Sprint Cars: Heat One: 1. 34-Tanner Grau, 2. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 3. 14az-Dustin Burkhart, 4. 20-Shon Deskins, 5. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 6. 9g-Andy Milsap, 7. 29b-Brent Yarnel, 8. 16-Mike Martin. Heat Two: 1. 11c-Michael Curtis, 2. 7k-Bruce St. James, 3. 12-Josh Pelkey, 4. 0-Jonas Reynolds, 5. 56-Spencer Hill, 6. 48-Thomas Ogle, 7. F2-Larry Kesterson, 8. 0g-Kyle Shipley. Heat Three: 1. 77m-R.J. Johnson, 2. 21az-Stevie Sussex, 3. 02-Matt Rossi, 4. 32b-Brian Hosford, 5. 27-Nick Aiuto, 6. 5-Tye Mihocko, 7. 54-Landon Cling. “A” Feature: 1. 77m-R.J. Johnson, 2. 7k-Bruce St. James, 3. 02-Matt Rossi, 4. 32b-Brian Hosford, 5. 14az-Dustin Burkhart, 6. 16-Mike Martin, 7. 5-Tye Mihocko, 8. 48-Thomas Ogle, 9. 27-Nick Aiuto, 10. 56-Spencer Hill, 11. 54-Landon Cling, 12. 34-Tanner Grau, 13. 0g-Kyle Shipley, 14. 11c-Michael Curtis, 15. 19-Andrew Reinbold, 16. 9g-Adam Milsap, 17. 12-Josh Pelkey, 18. 50-Charles Davis, Jr., 19. 20-Shon Deskins, 20. 21az-Stevie Sussex, 21. 0-Jonas Reynolds, 22. F2-Larry Kesterson, 23. 29b-Brent Yarnel. NAPA Non-Wing Sprint Cars: Heat One: 1. 20-Shon Deskins, 2. 5z-Zack Madrid, 3. 34-Tanner Grau, 4. 98-Matt Lundy, 5. 63-Don Keesler, 6. 71h-Cody Hurley, 7. 71b-Cody Batten. Heat Two: 1. 0g-Kyle Shipley, 2. 22-Dustin Cormany, 3. 2-Josh Shipley. 4. 85-Bobby Marcum, 5. 17-Joe Scheopner, 6. 51-Cody Cambensy, 7. 35-Steve Wagner. “A” Feature: 1. 20-Shon Deskins, 2. 5z-Zack Madrid, 3. 2-Josh Shipley, 4. 98-Matt Lundy, 5. 51-Cody Cambensy, 6. 0g-Kyle Shipley, 7. 17-Joe Scheopner, 8. 35-Steve Wagner, 9. 71h-Cody Hurley, 10. 63-Don Keesler, 11. 34-Tanner Grau, 12. 22-Dustin Cormany, 13. 71b-Coby Batten, 14. 85-Bobby Marcum. Scottsdale Muffler & Automotive IMCA Hobby Stocks vs. Renegades: Heat One: 1. 3-Ashley Stafford, 2. 40b-Bradley Stafford, 3. 9-Paul O’Connor, 4. 5J-Jacob Madrid, 5. 4F-Paul Foote, 6. 57p-Collin Phipps, 7. 4-Dean Zachrison, 8. 30-Walter Stringer, 9. 36-Robert Posey. Heat Two: 1. 13m-Johnny Madrid, 2. 5s-Joe Pontin, 3. XX-Chuck Thornton, 4. 16b-Richard Bennett, 5. 55-Merle Zachrison, 6. 13-Jason Crowe, 7. 08-Robert Linn, 8. 99-Trenton Setelin. “A” Feature: 1. 40b-Bradley Stafford, 2. 16b-Richard Bennett, 3. 9-Paul O’Connor, 4. 13-Jason Crowe, 5. 55-Merle Zachrison, 6. 13m-Johnny Madrid, 7. 36-Jason Posey, 8. 5J-Jacob Madrid, 9. 3-Ashley Stafford, 10. 99-Trenton Setelin, 11. 08-Robert Linn, 12. 30-Walter Stringer, 13. 57p-Collin Phipps, 14. 4-Dean Zachrison, 15. 5s-Joe Pontin, 16. 4F-Paul Foote, 17. XX-Chuck Thornton. Power 600 Micro Sprints: Heat One: 1. 41-Colton Hardy, 2. 14-Logan Heath, 3. 29az-Paul Martin, 4. 04J-Dale Eliason, Jr., 5. 81-Tyler Dean, 6. 7k-Daniel Dewitt. Heat Two: 1. 57-Kyle Huttenhow, 2. 7kk-Mason Keefer, 3. 91-Cory Huggins, 4. 72-Aaron Hernandez, 5. 91T-James La Rose, 6. 28-Mark Morin. Heat Three: 1. 37J-Dustin Cormany, 2. 11m-A.J. Miller, 3. 4s-Spencer Hill, 4. 7-Kevin Keefer, 5. 50-Ray Herrera, 6. 20az-Jarrett Martin. Heat Four: 1. 2-Ryan Hennessey, 2. 20-Shon Deskins, 3. 88-Tyler Merrill, 4. 11k-Tyler Congleton, 5. 77-Matt Sanchez, 6. 99x-Jake Branum. Heat Five: 1. 23-Stephen Simpson III, 2. 52-Cameron La Rose, 3. 1-Caiden Clarke. “B” Feature: 1. 4s-Spencer Hill, 2. 81-Tyler Dean, 3. 28-Mark Morin, 4. 99x-Jake Branum, 5. 7k-Daniel Dewitt, 6. 77-Matt Sanchez, 7. 91T-James La Rose, 8. 20az-Jarrett Martin. “A” Feature: 1. 20-Shon Deskins, 2. 41-Colton Hardy, 3. 37J-Dustin Cormany, 4. 57-Kyle Huttenhow, 5. 14-Logan Heath, 6. 2-Ryan Hennessey, 7. 29az-Paul Martin, 8. 4s-Spencer Hill, 9. 50-Ray Herrera, 10. 04J-Dale Eliason, Jr., 11. 88-Tyler Merrill, 12. 91-Cory Huggins, 13. 11k-Tyler Congleton, 14. 99x-Jake Branum, 15. 7-Kevin Keefer, 16. 72-Aaron Hernandez, 17. 81-Tyler Dean, 18. 11m-A.J. Miller, 19. 7kk-Mason Keefer, 20. 28-Mark Morin, 21. 23-Stephen Simpson III, 22. 52-Cameron La Rose, 23. 1-Caiden Clarke. Western Mod Lites: Heat One: 1. 51-John Priest, 2. 55-Mike Opoka, 3. 95-Collin Bender, 4. 15-Ken Young, 5. 2k-Taylor Kuehl, 6. 57-Chase Alves, 7. 97-Steve Bender, 8. 17-Steve Moriarty, 9. 98-Jeff Lowe. Heat Two: 1. 52-Brenden Priest, 2. 114-Sean Conyers, 3. 77-Bryan Ledbetter, Jr., 4. 116-Jim Hock, 5. 53az-Karl Ackley, 6. 33-Mike Schmidt, 7. 91-Sarah Houton, 8. 23-Joeleen Storck, 9. 7-Dave Lems. “A” Feature: 1. 51-John Priest, 2. 52-Brenden Priest, 3. 57-Chase Alves, 4. 15-Ken Young, 5. 33-Mike Schmidt, 6. 17-Steve Moriarty, 7. 26-Jake Boyle, 8. 116-Jim Hock, 9. 114-Sean Conyers, 10. 95-Collin Bender, 11. 7-Dave Lems, 12. 97-Steve Bender, 13. 91-Sarah Houton, 14. 98-Jeff Lowe, 15. 53az-Karl Ackley, 16. 2k-Taylor Kuehl, 17. 77-Bryan Ledbetter, Jr., 18. 23-Joeleen Storck, 19. 55-Mike Opoka. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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