Update #3 Race #3 & #4

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Update #3
Race #3 & #4

By: Kenny Johnson Date: 04-08-13

Friday we went to opening night at the Legendary Hilltop Speedway where they had 19 modifieds. I drew pill #26 to start us 3rd in the 2nd heat. We moved into 2nd right away and pressured Wade Benjamin for the lead. After several hard laps of racing we were able to make the pass and get the heat win to start us on the outside pole of the feature. The car didn’t seem to be handling just right, so we made a change. At the start of the feature we beat Mark into turn 1, but our car pushed up and allowed Mark to take the lead. We got a couple of laps in before a yellow would fly. On the next restart, Mark pulled me off of 4 but I got a run on him entering turn 1. Mark was trying to keep his car on the bottom and he slowed up. I got into the turn too hard and hit the brakes to hard and stalled the engine and spun. Yep, 2nd time this year I have done that. We were charged with the caution as I should have been and went to the tail. We worked our way back up to 8th or so, before acquiring a flat tire that sent us to the pits for our 2nd DNF of the year. Was pretty disappointed in myself and determined that it is best to settle down and take what the car and the track gives me and quit trying to do more than that. Now all that sounds good, the real story will be if I can actually do that!!!!
Saturday we went to Ohio Valley Speedways season opener and they had 20 mods. They had a huge crowd and a good car count. I again drew us pill #26 and that started us 4th in the 2nd heat. We had fallen as far back as 6th at one point, but battled back to get a 2nd place finish. Getting us a 2nd, put us in the pill draw for the feature line up. We drew a #6 and that was good enough to put us on the outside pole alongside 14 year old Tyler Evans. We beat Tyler off of turn 2 and took the lead. The race was full of cautions and we held off charges from Roy Roush and late in the race from Kenny Riddle. I was very happy to pick up our first win of the year and hoping to continue to get better each week.
This weekend we plan to go back to Legendary Hilltop Speedway on Friday and to McCown’s Jackson County speedway for $1,000 to win. We hope to see you there!
This week, I want to give a shout out to Steve Balderson Construction. If you are in need of concrete work, Steve is your guy. He did my “garage mahaul” and no job is too big nor too small. So don’t hesitate to give him a call for an estimate at 304-481-2484

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