2012 Season Wrap Up

KJ Motorsports
2012 Season Wrap Up

By Kenny Johnson
27 Oct 2012

KJ Motorsports 2012 Season Wrap Up By: Kenny Johnson Date: 10-27-12 Well, it has been quite a while since I have done a race write up. I guess I got lazy this year and I knew Coop was keeping most everyone up to date on Facebook. But I did have several people inquire about me updating my web site and doing these write ups. 2013, I will do it every week like I have in the past. 2012 was another great season and it completed my 28th year racing. We raced 47 times and got 21 wins. Some of our highlights were winning $3,000 to win at McCown’s Jackson County Speedway. Winning the Sarah Bond Memorial race at Skyline for $3,000 to win from the 12th starting place. Winning the very next night at Ohio Valley from the 11th starting spot and then again winning at I-77 for the preliminary race to the Hillbilly from the 10th starting spot. All 3 of those races were on a borrowed engine from Jason Canepari. By Jason loaning us his engine, he not only helped us win some money, but kept us alive in the AMRA points. When the season ended, we won the AMRA National points and the Road Warrior Tour points and we also won the McCown’s Jackson County Speedway track points. Winning the track championship gets us a new Coyote Chassis. The season could not have happened without the work that Tim Cooper and Chad Nelson did all year long. Although I get the fame, Tim and Chad deserve the credit. Jason Canepari and Todd Lambiotte also pitched in when they could. I also want to thank those that helped us along the way: K-Graphics, Coughlin Cars.com, GP&S, Balderson Construction, Zemba Bros., Octane Race Products, Poske’s Performance Parts, Out-Pace Race Products, Hypercoils, T&L Consulting, RAD, Billy Joe & Wanda Hammett, Bill & Patty Welch, Keyser Mfg., Shaw Race Cars, TSM Enhanced, Bazell Race Fuels, Hoosier, Aero Wheels, Wrisco Aluminum, Lubeck Community Baptist Church, WOC Designs, Willy’s Carburetor’s, KSE Pumps, Stock Car Products Pumps, KRC, Pit Products and Joe Schilling Enterprises, LLC. I want to give a special thank you to Billy Lloyd for building us great power and a winning combination. I also want to thank my wife for allowing me to follow my dreams. I want to give a shout to Jamey Adams for allowing me to drive his late model and also to Sean Schobelock for giving up his ride to allow us to race and then win the track points at Jackson. My racing has introduced me to some great people and in turn that gives me some great fans. I appreciate all the cheers and all of the conversations throughout the night; it means a lot to me, especially the kids that look up to me. At this time, we intend to have 2 complete cars together for 2013 season. So we will have a busy winter ahead of us. We are open for new opportunities of sponsorship for 2013. You can contact me by e-mail at iamracing@yahoo.com. Remember! To make this work, support those that support us! Thanks again for your support, KJ