Wayne at Salina Highbanks Speedway (John Lee – www.HighFly-NPhotos.com)
(Bill W) October 26, 2016 – Wayne Johnson the Two-C Racing team peaked with a charge from 21st to tenth with the World of Outlaws at Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City last Friday night. A fuel issue grounded things on Saturday at Salina Highbanks Speedway in Oklahoma. The team will ready for a two-night event at Creek County Speedway near Sapulpa, Oklahoma with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Series November 4 and 5.
Things started tough for Wayne at Lakeside Friday. “We were pretty quick hot-lapping and then we broke the u-joint,” he says. “I didn’t think the boys were going to get it fixed to get us a qualifying lap. I was kind of thinking we were done. But they got it done. We weren’t that great, which was my fault. I’m the one who blocked the car. I just didn’t get it right. I didn’t get to watch anyone and I didn’t know where the racetrack was either. I kind of sissy-ed it down in there and I was off the gas.”
The Oklahoma City driver finished eighth in his heat, but came back to finish third in the B. “We were junk in the heat,” says Wayne. “We were way too free. We got it better for the B. We weren’t as good as Jason (Johnson) or (Shane) Stewart, but we were alright.”
Starting in row eleven, Wayne climbed to a top ten finish in the 30-lap feature. “We tightened it up some more and we got rolling,” he says. “We drove up through there pretty decent. You’ll take going from 21st to tenth any day with those guys, especially when you’re off a little bit.”
On Saturday at the Salina Highbanks, he timed in 19th quick. “We were having issues and we couldn’t figure out what was going on,” says Wayne. “It really felt like I was dragging an anchor. I thought it was blowing up. That’s why I only made one lap in qualifying and the second felt like it was going to blow. The same happened in the heat.”
For the second night in a row, Wayne would finish third in the B to transfer to the main event. “We made it a little better in the B, but it still wasn’t great,” he says. “I was watching the oil gauge the whole time making sure it didn’t kill itself. Then we just made a lap in the feature and pulled in.”
It turns out, he made the right decision. “We were glad that we did,” says Wayne. “Bud (Johnson) found an issue in the fuel filter. If we had stayed out, we would have burnt the motor up. So it was good that we pulled it in.”
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Wayne competed in 50 360 feature event in 2008, collecting 9 (18%) wins, 30 (60%) top fives and 40 (80%) top tens. He had a flair for the dramatic in his wins, taking his second career Knoxville 360 Nationals (IA) title, and the Canadian Nationals at Ohsweken Speedway in Ontario, Canada. He also grabbed prelims at the 360 Nationals and the Jackson (MN) Nationals (after starting 18th).
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Photo: Wayne at Salina Highbanks Speedway (John Lee – www.HighFly-NPhotos.com)
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