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SCRL SOUTHWEST SPRINT CARS
UNITED SPORTS ARIZONA RACE PARK - TUCSON, AZ
 DECEMBER 31, 2005 -  ROGER McCLUSKEY CLASSIC

28 CARS

TIME TRIALS:
 1. Johnny Herrera, 45X- 16.34, 2. Matt Rossi, 02- 16.71, 3. Jason Tanner, 56- 16.74, 4. Damion Gardner, 50- 16.77, 5. Jerry Coons Jr., 4- 16.78, 6. Andrew Reinbold, 19- 17.00, 7. Charles Davis Jr., 17- 17.10, 8. Josh Pelkey, 52- 17.12, 9. Rick Ziehl, 16Z- 17.13, 10. Jesse Hockett, 2AZ- 17.16, 11. Bruce St. James, 7K- 17.49, 12. Robert Hall, 16AZ- 17.75, 13. Mike Rux Jr., 22- 17.80, 14. Brian Swinehart, 7C- 17.88, 15. Ronnie Clark, 94- 18.12, 16. Mike Martin, 57- 18.23, 17. Ron Kratz, 45- 18.40, 18. Ben Gregg, 22B- 18.49, 19. Jon Taylor, 93- 18.83, 20. Sean Walden, 14W- 18.88, 21. J.T. Imperial, 71- 18.97, 22. Chris Bonneau, 1- 19.20, 23. Jerry Johnston, 5D- 19.30, 24. Johnny Williams, 84- 19.40, 25. Chris Beal, 5- 19.70, 26. Tim Beal, 4C- NT, 27. Nathan High, 33C- NT, 28. Scott Box, 40X- NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps)
 1. Rick Ziehl, 2. Johnny Herrera, 3. Jerry Coons Jr., 4. J.T. Imperial, 5. Ron Kratz, 6. Mike Rux Jr., 7. Chris Beal, 8. Nathan High.

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps)
 1. Jesse Hockett, 2. Chris Bonneau, 3. Ben Gregg, 4. Andrew Reinbold, 5. Brian Swinehart, 6. Matt Rossi, 7. Scott Box.

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps)
 1. Jon Taylor, 2. Charles Davis Jr., 3. Jason Tanner, 4. Bruce St. James, 5. Jerry Johnston, 6. Ronnie Clark, 7. Tim Beal.

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps)
 1. Josh Pelkey, 2. Damion Gardner, 3. Mike Martin, 4. Robert Hall, 5. Johnny Williams, 6. Nathan High, 7. Sean Walden.

SEMI: (15 laps)
 1. Matt Rossi, 2. Mike Rux Jr., 3. Sean Walden, 4. Nathan High, 5. Ronnie Clark, 6. Scott Box, 7. Ron Kratz, 8. Johnny Williams, 9. Brian Swinehart, 10. Jerry Johnston, 11. Chris Beal, 12. Tim Beal.

FEATURE: (40 laps - With Starting Positions)
 1. Johnny Herrera (6th), 2. Charles Davis Jr. (1st), 3. Jerry Coons Jr. (4th), 4. Damion Gardner (3rd), 5. Josh Pelkey (9th), 6. Sean Walden (19th), 7. Jesse Hockett (8th), 8. Mike Martin (12th), 9. Ben Gregg (13th), 10. Bruce St. James (10th), 11. Jon Taylor (14th), 12. J.T. Imperial (15th), 13. Nathan High (20th), 14. Rick Ziehl (7th), 15. Scott Box (22nd), 16. Andrew Reinbold (2nd), 17. Ronnie Clark (21st), 18. Robert Hall (11th), 19. Jason Tanner (5th), 20. Chris Bonneau (16th), 21. Mike Rux Jr. (18th), 22. Matt Rossi (17th).
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Herrera's win gives him points championship
 by Rodney Haas
 
January 1, 2006... TUCSON Ariz. ---- Johnny Herrera held off a late charging Charles Davis to win the Sprint Car Racing League's main event at the Roger McCluskey Classic Saturday at Untied Sports Arizona Race Park. 
With the win Herrera of Albuquerque N.M. clinched the SCRL's Southwest series points championship. After taking the lead at the halfway mark, Herrera held an 18 second lead on lap 29, but Jason Tanner of Albuquerque N.M. flipped end-over-end on lap 37 of the 40 lap race coming out of turn 3, causing a huge hole in the fence and bringing out the first red flag of the race.

"I didn't know how much tire I had so I was playing it a little easy," Herrera said. "But after the restart I found out I had a little more tire so I ran a little harder." Drivers were informed at the pre-race drivers meeting that tire management was going to be an issue and that drivers had to conserve on tires. However no major tire issues took place as the race was mostly clean with only three cautions.
"I think you only seen one flat tire in the whole race but that was early in the race," Herrera said. But I think all the guys did a good job managing their tires. We knew what we had to work with and that's all we had." 
The Roger McCluskey Classic continues today, with the first points race of the new SCRL's East-West series.