7/26/2018
ASCS
Wednesday’s With Wayne: Readying For Knoxville
(Image Credit: Chuck Stowe)
Bryan Hulbert – KNOXVILLE, Iowa (July 25, 2018) Putting in laps at Knoxville Raceway this past weekend, Wayne Johnson was right at home at the half-mile oval with a fifth-place finish in 360cid action.
“We weren’t too shabby. Just went for a tune-up. We hadn’t been there this year at all with a 360 and we rolled out in the second group of three to qualify and ended up eighth quick, which I felt pretty good about because the track was still pretty greasy around the bottom. I really felt like if we’d had the track a little bit later, we could have been even better, so to come out as good as we did when we did was good,” said Johnson who laid down a 16.855-second lap.
A back and forth battle with Blake Hahn for fourth, experience paid off for Johnson to claim the position. Gridding the A-Feature eighth, Wayne steadily moved forward over the course of the 18-lap event despite being tough to pass.
“We were a little snug in the Heat, but we made the right changes for the Feature and actually was pretty good, but all in all, we had a fifth-place car. The track was really one dimensional. Just everyone used up the bottom and the middle early, and the top is the only place to run so it was just slide job city if you want to make a pass instead of being able to work the bottom.”
Closing on Ryan Giles a couple times for the fourth spot, the move never presented itself in a manner that wouldn’t send both cars into, or over, the fence.
“I could have slid him, but it would have ended with me driving through the side of him. That’s not good and just being a weekly show this close to the Nationals, I wasn’t going to tear up a car, but overall we were good. Everyone that finished in front of me started in front of me, so eighth to fifth felt pretty good.”
Looking ahead, the plan is to have the Outlaw Wings No. 2c back at Knoxville Raceway on Saturday night with the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions, followed by Mason City Motor Speedway on Sunday with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by Sawblade.com.
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:
7/21/2018 – Knoxville Raceway (Knoxville, Iowa)
Qualifying: 8th – 16.855 seconds
Heat Race: 4th [5th]
A-Feature 5th [8th]
Season To Date:
Races: 45; Wins: 4; Top-5: 22; Top-10: 29; Top-20: 39;
Up Next:
7/28/2018-Knoxville Raceway - Knoxville, IA (410)
7/29/2018-Mason City Motor Speedway - Mason City, IA (Lucas Oil ASCS)
Follow Wayne Johnson and TwoC Racing
Facebook (Wayne): http://bit.ly/2o5zneX
Facebook (TwoC Racing): http://bit.ly/2BsrIja
Twitter (Wayne): @wjr77x
Twitter (TwoC Racing): @TwoCRacing
Online: https://www.myracepass.com/profile/?r=15868&rt=driver
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.
Submitted By: Bryan Hulbert
