Bacon Hot in Copper on Dirt Opener
TUCSON, Ariz. (March 20, 2015) – Brady Bacon stole opening night Copper on Dirt honors with a last lap pass to win the USAC/CRA portion of the USA Raceway event.
Reigning USAC National champion Bacon took the lead away from New Mexico’s Josh Hodges on the final round with Damion Gardner, Dave Darland and Mike Spencer among the top five.
(Photo courtesy of Ron Gilson)
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE RESULTS: March 20, 2015 – Tucson, Arizona – USA Raceway – “Eight Annual Copper On DIrt”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brady Bacon, 73, Ford-16.590; 2. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.779; 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.793; 4. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.807; 5. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-16.820; 6. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-16.826; 7. Dave Darland, 42, Cheney-16.937; 8. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-17.100; 9. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-17.223; 10. Josh Hodges, 74X, Hodges-17.249; 11. Harli White, 17W, White-17.377; 12. Ronnie Clark, 6, Clark-17.487; 13. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.524; 14. Bruce St. James, 7K,. St.James-17.547; 15. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-17.692; 16. Josh Pelkey, 12, Allen-17.793; 17. Matt Rossi, 04G, Cook-17.863; 18. Parker Colston, 64, Colston-18.338; 19. Andy Reinbold, 19, Underwood-18.380; 20. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-18.381; 21. Michael Curtis, 45C, Turner/Wheeler-19.061; 22. Mike Martin, 16, Martin-NT; 23. Rick Ziehl, 20Z, Ziehl-NT; 24. Charles Davis Jr., 50X, Massey-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Bacon, 3. Hodges, 4. Pelkey, 5. Mitchell, 6. C.Williams, 7. Martin, 8. Reinbold. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Rossi, 2. Spencer, 3. Swanson, 4. White, 5. Ziehl, 6. L.Williams, 7. St.James, 8. Roa. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Johnson, 2. Clark, 3. Davis, 4. Colston, 5. Curtis, 6. Gardner, 7. A.Williams, 8. Vander Weerd. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brady Bacon, 2. Josh Hodges, 3. Damion Gardner, 4. Dave Darland, 5. Mike Spencer, 6. Matt Mitchell, 7. Jake Swanson, 8. Bruce St. James, 9. Cody Williams, 10. R.J. Johnson, 11. Logan Williams, 12. Charles Davis Jr., 13. Michael Curtis, 14. Mike Martin, 15. Rick Ziehl, 16. Parker Colston, 17. Matt Rossi, 18. Ronnie Clark, 19. Josh Pelkey, 20. Richard Vander Weerd, 21. Andy Reinbold, 22. Austin Williams, 23. Harli White. NT
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**St.James flipped during the second heat. Vander Weerd and A.Williams flipped during the third heat. VanderWeerd flipped duringthe feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Darland, Laps 4-27 Vander Weerd, Laps 28-29 Hodges, Lap 30 Bacon.
