KJ Motorsports
Race #1
By: Kenny Johnson Date: 03-25-13
Well, the season has officially started, but first let me
introduce this years sponsors cause it wouldn’t be possible without
them.
K-Graphics, Schilling Truss, JS Enterprises, Zemba Bros., Coughlin
Cars.com, GP&S, Steve Balderson Construction, Sheet Metal Local 33,
Octane Race Products, Poske’s Performance Parts, Out-Pace Race
Products, Hypercoils, T&L Consulting, Carr Auto Glass, OVDTR, Hall’s
Auto Repair, 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, Iglesia
Bautista Jehova Yireh, Willy’s Carburetor’s, KSE Pumps, KRC.
Saturday we headed to McCown’s Jackson County Speedway where 20
mods showed up. Weather did not seem as cold as expected and track was
in pretty fair shape considering we were starting at 4 in the afternoon.
Coop drew us pill #23 which started us outside 2nd row behind Tyler
Evans and beside his dad Robbie Evans. Track became a one groove track
in the heat race and the outside lane was not favorable. I fell back to
5th or 6th before getting to the bottom. I rooted my way back to 2nd
behind Robbie Evans and even passed him off of turn two but a yellow
came out and put me back behind him. Robbie knew to stay tight on the
bottom, so I opted to try a different line letting the car swing out to
the wall down the straight a ways and then diving in on the bottom
trying to get my nose inside of him. But as I entered turn 3 I got in a
little too hard and had to hit my brakes hard. In doing so, I stalled
the engine and caused the field to behind me to bounce off of me like a
pin ball. Went to the tail with just a lap to go and finished 5th. I
guess my instinct to not “settle” took over and was trying too hard for a
race that didn’t pay anything. This started me 14th in the feature and
it was back to rootin on the bottom. We were able to make it back to a
5th place finish which is where we would have started if I hadn’t
screwed up in the heat race! Lesson learned I guess! There was a few
passes early running thru the middle, but most of the passing was right
on the bottom. I got caught up in a couple of wrecks in the feature and
needless to say the car is beat from one end to the other. I guess I’ll
be making some new body panels this week! Thanks to Tim and Chad for all
their help at the garage and at the track.
I was asked
to drive Dave Landman’s street stock in the feature. They only had 7
cars and I had to start the tail. We drove to 2nd behind Jamey Adams and
Jamey and I raced hard and clean, but I fell short and Jamey got the
win and we got 2nd. Jamey build Dave’s car and it was really fast. Very
impressed with it and I appreciate Dave allowing me to drive his car,
especially after he saw what mine looked like after the modified
feature. LOL
At this time, if all goes well and Mother
Nature allows it, we’ll be back to McCown’s Jackson County Speedway this
Saturday and give it another try!
If you get a chance, check out OVDTR.com and you’ll see the feature race for both the late models and modifieds.
Remember! To make this work, support those that support us!
Thanks again for your support,
KJ
www.kjmotorsports.net
