Update #5 Race #2

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Update #5
Race #2

By Kenny Johnson
25 Apr 2011

Here it is, the last weekend of April coming up and we have only raced 2 times. That’s right, we got to race this weekend thanks to Joe Cox. With the weather cancelling all racing on Friday and looking like it was going to cancel everything within a 4 hour radius of us on Saturday, we decided to head south to County Line Raceway in Elm City, NC. We were talking to Joe Cox, driver of the #41, J&J Fabrication, Brett Hamilton Chassis and he was telling me that he was going crazy not being able to race yet and he was heading south. Coop jokingly said, tell him we’ll be down to put our car in his 2 car trailer and go with him. Joe said, bring it on down. Then we started thinking seriously about it and by 7:30 pm on Friday, we made it official. They had 21 cars and 3 of those were from WV, us, Joe Cox and Deena Groves out of Morgantown. We set fast time with a 16.3, which paid $100 and this put us on the pole of the feature. Down south, they normally do not run heat races, they just have practice sessions. With us qualifying on the pole, I was not complaining. They threw the green and outside pole setter, Eric Erwin, took the lead coming off of turn 2 and as we entered turn 3 I dove in under him and we raced side by side down the front chute. I took in deep into turn 1 and Eric took it in just as deep, but he ran out of real estate and caught the wall. We went on to lead the remaining laps to get our first win of the year ahead of track local racer Ricky Bohan. Joe Cox finished 5th and Deena Groves got taken out in that 2nd lap wreck. Tim and Chad were a huge help as always and I’d like to thank all of our sponsors. Also want to thank Joe Cox and his team for hauling us down and providing a fun time. Please take the time to go to www.jandjfabrication.net and check out Joe’s business. If you have a need for anything that’s on his web site, give him a call and tell him I sent ya!

This weekend is dependant of Mother Nature and can change at the drop of the hat. But for now, we plan on doing 250 Speedway on Friday and Muskingum County on Saturday, so we hope to see you there. To keep up to date on any race night, go to Kenny Johnson Motorsports on Facebook and Tim will provide updates as the night goes on.

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Thanks again for your support, KJ

Update #4 Race #1

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Update #4
Race #1

By Kenny Johnson
10 Apr 2011

Well Mother Nature played havoc on our weekend plans. Friday racing was cancelled and our plans changed for Saturday three times because of weather forecasts. We wound up going to Hilltop Speedway in Millersburg, OH, in which we had not raced there since 2008. I’ll first start our road trip story. (We almost always have a road trip story) I have a 2005 Dodge Dually that we are towing with this year. We had the truck full of diesel and headed north on I-77. My windows are tinted so I wasn’t real sure, but I thought I was seeing a faint smoke trailing us, but saw no other signs of an issue and just figured the tint was playing tricks on me. But when we got off exit 65 I saw a trail of liquid streaming behind us. So we stopped at the first gas station and sure enough we were leaking diesel. It cost $101 to fill it up. We fixed the leak, only to have it happen again and again and again. The last time it started leaking at the injector pump. We were far enough along that there was no turning back and the mindset we have is to just make it to the track and we’ll worry about getting home later. . .LOL So, now on to the racing part of the story. We got to the track late and we did not get to hot lap, nor did we get to draw a pill for qualifying. We qualified last of 37 cars and took our very first lap on the clock. We set 3rd fast time in which I was really pleased with. We started 4th in the dash and finished 2nd. Made some changes for the feature and they were definitely the right changes. Started 2nd and took the lead on lap 1 and stretched it out. There were a few cautions, but on lap 11 under caution, we got a right rear flat tire. We were allowed to change it and we came back out and tacked the tail of the lead lap cars, which was 10th. We had 9 laps to go and we came back to finish 2nd. VERY HAPPY with the performance of the car and anxious to race it again this coming weekend.

Tim Cooper has set up a Kenny Johnson Racing page on Facebook, so check it out. This weekend we plan to go to 250 Speedway on Friday and K-C 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 #3 Season Opener to be when Mother Nature says so!

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Update #3
Season Opener to be when Mother Nature says so!

By Kenny Johnson
05 Apr 2011

Well, Mother Nature is making a statement in our area and apparently it’s not time to start racing. Tracks have even pushed their opening dates out in hopes that Mother Nature will take a break. So, as of now, we plan to race at Moler Raceway Park (just this side of Cincinnati) in which we have never been there before and it is a UMP track. Then we’ll be stopping at K-C Raceway for an AMRA Road Warrior race. Again, with the weather, things could change at any moment, so feel free to call me to get an update!

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

Thanks again for your support, KJ