Update #16 Race #24, #25 & #26

KJ Motorsports
Update #16
Race #24, #25 & #26

By Kenny Johnson
05 Jul 2010

Start off with a prayer request, Kim’s dad, Jim Blair had a heart attack and stroke Friday evening. He seems to progressing well at this time, but has a ways to go until full recovery. Thursday we went to Beckley for a $1,000 to win show and 22 cars made the trip. When I went out to hot lap, the car was not all that good, so we made some changes. We started 6th in the heat and made it up to finish 3rd. This started us 7th in the feature. By lap 5 we moved into 2nd and were racing Brett Hamilton for the lead. We had a good race going until we made contact down the front chute and I got a right front flat. The crew got the tire changed and we went to the tail with 15 laps to go. We made our way back to 6th with the 4th and 5th place car running side by side banging off of one another. I tried a move on the last lap, but it got me spun out. So we got a DNF. We had a good car and should be in good shape for when we have to go back down to Beckley.

Friday we went to Skyline and they had 17 cars. Jess drew our pill and did us no favors, for we started 6th in the heat. But we did get the heat race win to start us on the pole. The track got slick and I figured we’d be in great shape. But as it turned out we finished a 4th. That was our worst finish at Skyline this year.

Saturday we stayed close to home and went to Ohio Valley Speedway. They had 15 cars and we started 5th in our heat race. We wound up crossing the line 1st when the checkered flew, but I guess they felt I jump started the race and they penalized me one position. The top 2 in each heat redraw for their starting spot in the feature and Coop got us the pole position. We went on to lead every lap and pick up win #9 for the year.

This weekend we will be at Skyline on Friday and heading back over to K-C on Saturday. So we hope to see you there! I’d like to thank Jr. and Tommy Nolan of 2 Brothers Motorsports and Larry Shaw Racecars for providing a real nice racecar. Billy Lloyd Racing Engines for providing great power. Thanks to everyone who helps and for making this season so far a great one!

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Thanks again for your support, KJ