Update #19 Race #38 & #39

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Update #19
Race #38 & #39

By Kenny Johnson
05 Sep 2011

Friday we went to Beckley for the first time this year. They only had 13 cars and we set 4th fastest time. We won the 2nd heat to start us on the front row outside of the feature beside Andy Bond. Unfortunately, Andy broke on the first lap and took some other cars out with him. We were able to get the win over Joe Cox and Booger Garnes to make our 14th win of the year.

Saturday we went to Ohio Valley Speedway for the Faster Pastor race in which our Pastor, Mark Houser, participated in. Mark’s car had gotten a broken axle and made it very difficult to drive, but he drove it to the finish. We started on the outside pole of the 3rd heat and won the heat. I drew a #7 pill to start us on the outside pole alongside Andy Bond yet again. This time Andy would take the early lead and pull away from us while we maintained 2nd. I stayed on the high side which proved not to be the groove of choice for me. I finally moved to the bottom when I dropped back to 4th. I was attempting to advance and I got the car a little sideways off of turn 2 and a car behind me stopped to avoid hitting me. So they charged me with the caution and I went to the tail. There were only a few laps left and I finished a disappointing 14th.

This week we will be at Skyline on Friday and KC on Saturday, so we hope to see you there. To keep up to date the night of the race, follow us on Facebook under Kenny Johnson Motorsports.

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Thanks again for your support, KJ

Update #18 Race #36 & #37

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Update #18
Race #36 & #37

By Kenny Johnson
02 Sep 2011

Friday was a Road Warrior Tour race at Skyline Speedway for $1,200 to win. They had 38 cars and we qualified 5th fastest to start us 3rd in the first heat. RWT inverts the top 4 in each heat, and then take the winner to a dash. We won the heat and drew #4 for the dash. Only 4 cars were in the dash and we went on to win the dash as well. This started us on the pole of the feature and we were able to lead all 30 laps and win. Track was racey all night long and I stayed hooked up on the bottom. That made win #13 for the year.

Saturday we went to Ohio Valley Speedway for their Topless race also paying $1,200 to win. We set fast time and won our heat and Coop drew us a good pill to start on the pole of the feature. 3 laps into the race our right lower ball joint sheared, causing us a DNF. Not what we wanted, but things like that come with racing.

This weekend will be to Beckley Speedway on Friday and Ohio Valley on Saturday for the Faster Pastor race. My Preacher, Mark Houser, will be racing in it again this year. Keep watch on Facebook and Tim will keep everyone posted on how we progress through out the night. We hope to see you there!

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Thanks again for your support, KJ

Update #17 Race #34 & #35

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Update #17
Race #34 & #35

By Kenny Johnson
21 Aug 2011

Friday we went to Jackson County Speedway in Jackson, OH. We set fast time and started on the pole of the heat race. We took the early lead, but on lap one, I looped it while leading. I went to the tail and worked my way back to 3rd and was inching back in on the leaders. With about 2 to go a caution came out and Brian Whiteman went to the pits while running 2nd. So that put us in 2nd with a 2 lap shootout with Rob Stambaugh. We took the one to go signal and as we were entering turn 1, the lights went out and I mean OUT! It was pitch black dark and we were all lucky not to have some tore up racecars. Lights came back on and we finished 2nd. We started 3rd in the feature and dropped to 4th and probably had a 4th place finish at best. But Rob Stambaugh spun and needless to say we got collected and got tore up and wound up with a DNF. On a good note, I got to drive a Hobby Stock for Jamey Adams and we set 2nd fast time and won our heat race. We started on the outside pole beside John Powell. John took the early lead, but we kept the pressure on and made the pass and went on to get a win in the #42J Adams Chassis. It was a lot of fun to drive.

Saturday we went to KC and we set 2nd fast time. They invert the top 4 in each heat, so we started 4th. There was an incident on the 1st lap that caused Mike Long to crash. It appeared I was the cause of it and Mike was not happy. I totally understand and have passed on my apologies, but that doesn’t fix his car, nor give him his spot back in the heat. We went on to win the heat and Chad drew us a 1 to start the pole of the feature. We went on to take the win, which made win #12 for the year. Again, I got to drive for Jamey Adams and we started outside pole of the heat race and won the heat. We started on the pole of the feature, right beside car owner Jamey Adams. Jamey took the early lead and I tried working him on the bottom. But finally had to put it on the high side to pass Jamey and get win #2 on the weekend in the Hobby Stock. I want to thank Jamey and his crew for allowing me to drive, I had a blast!

This weekend will be at Skyline on Friday for a Road Warrior Tour race and on Saturday, we’ll go to Ohio Valley for their Topless race paying $1,200 to win. Keep watch on Facebook and Tim will keep everyone posted on how we progress through out the night. We hope to see you there!

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Thanks again for your support, KJ

Update #16 Race #27 thru #33

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Update #16
Race #27 thru #33

By Kenny Johnson
19 Aug 2011

I have no excuse for not updating my updates. But since I haven’t, it has told me that fans do get on here and read them to find out how good or bad we have done. So that is good to know and I’ll get back in the routine of updating them weekly!

7/22 we went to Skyline and started 5 in our heat and finished 4th. The car just wasn’t what it had been. We started 11th in the feature and finished 11th. We have struggled really bad in the slick and I have no clue why. Ever since our big wreck at I-77 over July 4th weekend, we have not run well in the slick. 7/23 we went to KC Speedway and set fast time, started 4th in the heat and finished 2nd. Started 4th in the feature and finished 2nd. The car still wasn’t what it needed to be. 7/29 we went to Skyline for a Road Warrior Tour race. We had 6th fastest time but they inverted the top 4 in each heat, so we started 3rd and finished 2nd. The car wasn’t too bad. But we got rained out. 7/30 we went to Thunder Mountain in Hanover, WV. It was a 3 ½ hour tow. They were paying $1,500 to win and we had 3rd fast time. Started 2nd in our heat and finished 2nd. Started 3rd in feature and ran 3rd for a long time, but eventually got passed and finished 4th. Got home at 6:35 a.m. . . long night! 8/6 went to Jackson County Speedway and set 3rd fast time. Started on the pole of the heat and finished 2nd. Started 5th in the feature and finished 3rd. Car needed to be better and we might have found something. 8/12 went back to Jackson and started 2nd in heat and won. Started 2nd in feature and won it also. Car was pretty good, but the driver needs to make some changes. 8/13 went to Ohio Valley and started on the pole of the heat and won and started on the pole of the feature and finished 2nd. Car was good, but was just a little lazy off the corner.

I want to thank Tim, Chad, and Todd for all of the hard work and dedication, without them, I couldn’t do it. Also want to thank Jason for coming to help on setting the car up. The car has improved over the last few weeks. This weekend will be at Skyline on Friday and I am undecided on where we will be going on Saturday. Keep watch on Facebook and Tim will keep everyone posted once we make our decision. We hope to see you there!

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Thanks again for your support, KJ

Update #15 Race #23, #24, #25 & #26

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Update #15
Race #23, #24, #25 & #26

By Kenny Johnson
18 Jul 2011

Sorry for the delay in getting the updates out, I got a little behind. July 8th we were supposed to go to Skyline, but Mother Nature had different plans and Skyline cancelled. So we headed to one of our favorites, Brad McCown’s Jackson County Speedway. They had 15 cars and we were to start 5th, but the 3rd place car requested the tail, so we started 3rd. we went on to win the heat and Coop drew us #2 on the redraw alongside Travis Dickson. Travis took the lead off of turn two, but we passed him in turn 3 and 4 and went on to get win #9. Track was awesome and they are improving every week.

Tim and I stayed at Sean Schobelock’s house Friday night and got up Saturday to wash the car before going to Coughlin’s to display the car. Sean, Staci and Toby kept us up all night around the camp fire, and then Sean had us up at the crack of dawn working on our car. We took the car to Coughlin’s and had a good time there. Then we went to Rooster’s to eat with several fans from KC Speedway. After that it was off to the races at KC Speedway. We started 4th in our heat race and finished 2nd to start us 5th in the feature. Unfortunately we didn’t get to make it a lap. Got caught up in a spin and tore the entire right side off including the roof and a brand new right rear tire. So back to the sheet metal work yet again! Thanks to Sean & Staci for their hospitality and to Toby for pit crewing for us!

Friday July 15th we went to Skyline and started 4th in the heat race, took the early lead but got passed by Ricky Venham on the last lap to finish 2nd. Started 5th in the feature and ran 6th the first part of the race and wound up finishing 11th. I tried a different set up and I think it was proven not to be tried ever again!

Saturday we went back to I-77 to try and get the win that eluded us the last time we were there. We started the night off good by drawing pill #2 to start us on the pole of heat #1. We won the heat and started on the pole of the feature beside Ricky Venham. We went on to get the win over Ricky Venham for win #10 of the year. Although we have had some disappointing nights, we can’t complain about our season thus far.

This weekend will be at Skyline on Friday and I am undecided on where we will be going on Saturday. Keep watch on Facebook and Tim will keep everyone posted once we make our decision. We hope to see you there!

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

Thanks again for your support, KJ