Update #30 Race #48

KJ Motorsports
Update #30
Race #48

By Kenny Johnson
10 Oct 2010

Went to K-C Speedway on Saturday night for what would be our last race of the season for KJ Motorsports in the 2 Brothers Shaw modified. There were 54 cars signed in and we group qualified. We were in the 5th group and we set fast time in our group and 6th fastest time overall. Of course our time might have been a little better if I would not have tried to knock the wall down in turn 3. But that’s just the way I roll at K-C. . . LOL So we started on the pole of the heat along side Kevin Morehouse, whom has won 25 features this year. On the initial start we took the lead, but a yellow would come out and we had a 2nd double file start and this time Kevin got the lead. He went to the high side and we pressured the entire race. Prior to taking the white flag I dove to the bottom of 3 and 4 to try and sucker him down. When we entered 3 and 4 for the checkered he dove to the bottom to take my line and it was set up perfectly. I charged to the high side and our front bumper was up to his right front wheel at the line. Darn good race; just came up short. Finishing 2nd place would start us 11th in the feature. The car was really good in the feature, we came from 11th to 6th in 10 laps and was working on 5th when he spun out in front of us in turn 1 and we had no where to go. We wound up getting a right front flat and the rules for the night would not allow us to change it. So I had higher expectations for our last race. But all in all, the season was a huge success. We won the Skyline Points Championship, we won the AMRA National Points Championship and we finished 3rd in the AMRA Road Warrior Tour Points Championship and 17 feature wins and 24 heat race wins.

First off I want to thank Tim Cooper for all of the help he has provided all season long. Tim spends a lot of hours in the garage and all his weekends at the races with me. He is a big reason for the success we had this year! Also want to that Chad Nelson and Jason Canepari for their help and Dad and Mom. I want to thank Jr. and Tommy Nolan of 2 Brothers Motorsports and Shaw Racecars for allowing us to race what has been a great racecar. Sponsors that have helped this year is K-Graphics, Balderson Construction, T&L Consulting, H&S Construction, Hammett Trucking and 2 sponsors we have picked up for the 2011 season is Outlaw Race Parts (www.outlawraceparts.com) and TNS Photos (www.tnsphoto.net). I want to welcome them to our team. I also can’t forget all of the “Highside Fans” that have followed us to numerous tracks. Many of them has left their home track to come and watch us race at another track. They all mean a lot to me and I appreciate all of them. Of course I can’t leave out Kim, for she doesn’t get to go to all of the races and there are many evenings thru the week that she is already in bed when I get in from the garage and she has yet to complain. We are actively looking for sponsorship for the 2011 season. If any of you know of anyone interested in helping our race team, please let me know and I can set up a meeting with them.

I plan to go to West Virginia Motor Speedway this weekend in hopes that someone may ask me to drive. If not, I’ll be spectating. If any other news comes up, I’ll send out a new update! Thanks to all for a great season!

Remember! To make this work, support those that support us!

Thanks again for your support, KJ

Update #29 Race #47

KJ Motorsports
Update #29
Race #47

By Kenny Johnson
03 Oct 2010

Well, I think we made one of the best decisions Saturday and for me and the decision we made, it was pretty unusual. We planned to go to K-C Saturday night and we even planned to leave early. But after talking with several “High Side Fans” from Chillicothe, I thought I should just wait it out. So I sat at Coopers all afternoon, watching college football and the Nationwide race and of course the weather radar. It kept getting later and later and it would take us an hour and 40 minutes to get there. But in watching the radar, we knew the rain was going to be hitting there soon. We finally got the call around 5:30 and the rain started. The Valley was paying $1,000 to win and we thought there might be a chance they could beat the rain, so we headed that way. Just as we pulled in, I got the call that K-C cancelled. We missed the pill draw so we had to start 9th in the 3rd heat. We managed to work our way thru the field and we won the heat. On the pill draw, Cooper got us a 3rd place starting position. When they threw the green we got held up a bit and fell to 5th before we got off of turn 2. But in just a few laps we moved into 2nd and were racing Kenny Riddle for the lead. Riddle was running the low side and we were on the top. A caution came out and that brought us to a restart. When Riddle got into turn 1 on the bottom and hit his brakes too hard and killed his engine (which I have done before). So we now inherited the lead and went on to get the win and it was win #17. I was pretty excited, not only for the win, but the fact that we made a really good decision and beat Mother Nature!

We plan to race this car one more time and that will be this Saturday at K-C Speedway for $1,200 to win. So we hope to see you there!

Remember! To make this work, support those that support us!

Thanks again for your support, KJ

Update #28 Race #46

KJ Motorsports
Update #28
Race #46

By Kenny Johnson
26 Sep 2010

Saturday we went to a jammed packed Ohio Valley Speedway. There was no qualifying and Cooper wasn’t there to draw our pill. When I went up to draw, Josh Davis’s (sprint car driver) son (about 1 ½ years old) drew me a #27 to start us 6th in the first heat. We managed to get the win in which we had to do another pill draw for our feature starting position. I made sure Cooper did the pill draw and he has been absolutely awesome on pill draws. We started on the pole of the feature. We took the early lead on the low side and then we moved to the top. The top was kind of a fine line. When I hit it right, it was fast, when I hit it wrong it allowed others to gain on us. I felt like we had a win wrapped up, but the radiator cap came loose and we had to pull off. Just kind of dumb luck and with the year we have had I guess we can’t complain too much.

This Saturday we plan to go to K-C Speedway for a Road Warrior Tour race paying $1,200 to win. So we hope to see you there!

Keep Kim in your thoughts and prayers, for she had surgery this past Friday and will have a few weeks of recovery.

Remember! To make this work, support those that support us!

Thanks again for your support, KJ

Update #27 Race #44 & #45

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Update #27
Race #44 & #45

By Kenny Johnson
23 Sep 2010

We spent 3 days at Skyline for 2 Road Warrior Tour races. We set 4th fastest time on night one and sat on the pole of the heat race and got the win. This started us 4th in the feature and we moved right into 2nd place. We could not reel in the first place car and we got passed with 3 laps to go to give us a 3rd place finish. In hind sight I blame our tire selection for our finish. Although it is respectable, it wasn’t what we were looking for. For the 2nd show the track wasn’t like any other time at Skyline this year. The track got real abrasive and bolted down black. When I went out to qualify, I was laying down a real good lap until coming off of turn #4, I smacked the wall. We still managed an 8th fastest time to start us outside pole of the 4th heat. We took the lead coming off of turn 2, but by the time we got back to turn 2 again, we were in 4th. There was a single black lane that was fast and if you got out of the black, like I did, you were going backwards, again like I did. I got back down in the black and passed for 3rd and that is where we finished. That started us 12th in the feature and I knew it would be follow the leader and wait for someone to get out of line. One car spun out and we passed 5 others to finish 6th. Not the weekend I was looking for, but car is still good and respectable finishes for the competition we had.

Thanks to the Lemon family for the use of their vehicle all weekend. This weekend we are at Ohio Valley Speedway on Saturday. So we hope to see you there!

Remember! To make this work, support those that support us!

Thanks again for your support, KJ

Update #26 Race #43

KJ Motorsports
Update #26
Race #43

By Kenny Johnson
12 Sep 2010

No racing on Friday and Skyline had moved to Saturday this weekend. So we went to Skyline for the last and final point’s night. The best I had it figured is all we had to do to clinch the points championship over Doug Henry was to just show up. So unofficially we won the Skyline Speedway Track Championship. So now, for how the night went. Cooper drew us pill #15 which had us lined up starting 3rd in the heat race. But the pole sitter had to scratch and that moved us to the #1 starting spot. Cooper has done amazing job at drawing our pills this year. We went on to win heat race #3 to start us 3rd in the feature. To make a long story shorter, we overtook the lead from Doug Henry in lapped traffic and were hammer down and it looked as though we were going to get the win, with a lap and a half to go, the right rear tire blew! It was very disappointing, for I felt like we would get another win. For those that wasn’t there, consider yourself somewhat lucky, because I didn’t get home until 4:30 a.m. I did have some high side fans from KC there and they stuck it out until the very end! Thanks to them and others that stuck it out.

This weekend is a big weekend for us at the Harvest 50 at Skyline Speedway. We will be racing Friday, Saturday and Sunday. So we hope to see you there!

Other news is we picked up a new sponsor for 2011 and they are Outlaw Race Parts. Please go to www.outlawraceparts.com and if you are a racer check out the low prices and if you are a fan, order some racing apparel and let them know you saw their name on our car. I’d like to welcome Outlaw Race Parts and owner Doug Johnson to our team! Just a reminder that the car we have been running for 2 Brothers Motorsports is for sale and is a great car and Jr. Nolan would make someone a great deal. Call Jr. at 740-391-2900.

Remember! To make this work, support those that support us!

Thanks again for your support, KJ