(Conner "Slippy" Nelson Photo)
Bryan Hulbert -FT. WORTH, Texas (April 11, 2018) The weekend started off with good speed and a solid race car, but ended with a pile of what was a Sprint Car for Wayne Johnson at Tony Stewart presents the Vankor Texas Sprint Car Nationals.
"It was just one of those weekends," stated Johnson.
Starting off with a Heat Race win, the victory put The Oil Medics No. 2c in the redraw where Wayne picked the fourth starting spot. As the field took the green, however, things would go sideways.
"The car was good, we drew a good spot, just had a bad start in the feature," he said. "When we got to turn one, I had Matt [Covington] on the bottom and Harli [White] out front at the top so I was going to split the middle, stay in clean air, and keep moving but that didn't work. I tried to check up when she did, but as soon as I got on the brakes, the car got tight and shot up the track."
Able to return for the remainder of the race, Johnson was able to come back to 15th from the tail of the filed.
Running second in Saturday's Heat Race, Wayne was positioned 11th on the A-Feature grid. Rolling through the first and second turns, the back straightaway was as he would make it before right rear to left front contact with Christopher Bell sent Wayne flipping.
"I had made up my mind on Saturday to just take it easy the first couple of laps to let everything get sorted out. I rolled the bottom of one and two and thought I had cleared Bell and Crockett. Next thing I knew, I was going over and I knew my right rear had gone over Christopher's left front. I was as far down on the track as I could get but it is what it is. I'm not upset. It was just a racing thing on both deals."
The crash scored Wayne 22nd.
Taking the next weekend off to rebuild, the next outings for Wayne Johnson will be at Paducah International Speedway on April 27, Williams Grove Speedway on May 4, and Selinsgrove Speedway on May 5.
For continued updates on Wayne Johnson and TwoC Racing, you can follow them on Facebook (http://bit.ly/2o5zneX and http://bit.ly/2BsrIja) and Twitter (@wjr77x).
Recent Results:
4/6/2018 - Texas Motor Speedway (Ft. Worth, Texas)
Heat: 1st [2nd]
A-Feature: 15th [4th]
4/7/2018 - Texas Motor Speedway (Ft. Worth, Texas)
Heat: 2nd [3rd]
A-Feature: 22nd [11th] DNF
Season To Date:
Races: 17; Wins: 1; Top-5: 6; Top-10: 11; Top-20: 14
Up Next:
April 27, 2018 - Paducah International Raceway with Lucas Oil ASCS
May 4, 2018 - Williams Grove Speedway with Lucas Oil ASCS and URC
May 5, 2018 - Selinsgrove Speedway with Lucas Oil ASCS and URC
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Sponsors:
Wayne would like to give special thanks to his sponsors who have helped keep him behind the wheel and on the road: Todd Carlile, Outlaw Wings, The Oil Medics, Sebastian Sandblasting & Powder Coating, DHR Suspension, Chalk Stix, Rod End Supply, Astro Titanium, Schoenfeld Headers, Simpson, ButlerBuilt, Xtreme Accu-Tach, Weld Wheels, Kustom Sprint Car Supplies, Fisher Racing Engines, Speedway Graphics and Canyon Apparel.