Flores, Carney collect El Paso Speedway Park laurels

  • July 25, 2014
  • by Brandi Parrell

EL PASO, Texas -- It was a great night for racing out at the El Paso Speedway Park last night as the USRA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods tore up the track.

The USRA Stock Cars were here to battle it out for the win. There was yet another complete restart as Jon McDaniel got loose in turn four and made a complete 360 spin. McDaniel was then slammed by another car. They got started again with McDaniel moving to the back of the pack but that didn’t stop him from moving his way to the front of the pack in the first lap. Donavon Flores took the lead with McDaniel and Justin Lasiter battling it out for second. The three leaders were right on each other’s bumper lap for lap. With eight laps to go Lasiter went door for door with Flores. With five laps left to go Lasiter made his way past Flores for the lead. The end of this race was a real nail bitter with Flores and Lasiter switching up the lead. With two to go Flores stole back the lead again and laid down on the gas. Flores put just enough distance between himself and Lasiter and checked out first.

The USRA B-Mods pulled onto the track next with John Carney Sr. taking the lead until Mike Gonzales tried to get around him and spun out in turn four causing a multi-car pileup. When they got lined up again Alex Gonzales took the leader position with Sherman Barnett trying to get around him. With 11 laps to go Fito Gallardo got around Barnett for second and set his sights on Alex Gonzales. With nine laps to go Gallardo took turn three wide and left the race track. Barnett moved back into second place but could not get an opening to get past Alex Gonzales. With only four laps to go Sherman Barnett and another car connected in turns three and four. When all was said and done John Carney Sr. took the lead going side by side with Carlos Ahumada Jr. He wasn’t able to get around him in time before Carney Sr. flew past the checker flag.

Next week we are bringing back the Southwest Late Models along with the USRA Modifieds, USRA Street Stocks, Bombers and Hornets. If you can’t wait that long for more dirt track action head over to the Southern New Mexico Speedway Saturday night for some more Mini-Sprint action. See you at the races!