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Johnson Hangs on to 13th-Place Finish in Season Debut at Placerville

(Photo by Fast Four Media)

Inside Line Promotions – PLACERVILLE, Calif. (June 2, 2014) – Chase Johnson logged a consistent night during his season debut at Placerville Speedway last Saturday with the Civil War Sprint Car Series.

“The night went great,” he said. “It exceeded my expectations. Every time I’ve been to Placerville we’ve kind of struggled.”

The event opened with Johnson qualifying 10th quickest, which earned him a position in the heat race inversion. That started Johnson on the outside of the front row of a heat race.

“There was a little confusion on the restart and we salvaged a fourth,” he said. “On one start a car spun around before we completed a lap. On the restart apparently we were five feet before the line when we started. Me and the polesitter went into turn one side by side and had a great battle going.”

The front row was penalized one row and Johnson was forced to restart on the outside of the second row. He competed in third place for most of the race before ending fourth to lock himself into the main event, which he started 13th.

“We moved up to ninth place and just a little after halfway the car went away and it wasn’t enough to hang up there,” he said. “We were definitely faster than a lot of people at the beginning of the race. I was rolling the bottom in turns one and two and the top in turns three and four. After we started falling back a couple of positions I decided I needed to try a different line.”

Johnson held on for a 13th-place result.

“I would have loved to finish in ninth or a little higher, but we’ll take it and we’ll move on,” he said.

The next race on Johnson’s schedule will be his 410ci nonwing sprint car debut driving for Shawn and Cindy Thomas at Petaluma Speedway in Petaluma, Calif., with the USAC/CRA 410 Sprint Car Series on June 28.

QUICK RESULTS –

May 31 – Placerville Speedway in Placerville, Calif. – Qualifying: 10; Heat race: 4 (2); Feature: 13 (13).

SEASON STATS –

12 races, 0 wins, 3 top fives, 4 top 10s, 7 top 15s, 10 top 20s

UP NEXT –

June 28 at Petaluma Speedway in Petaluma, Calif., with USAC/CRA 410 Sprint Car Series

MEDIA LINKS –

Website: http://www.ChaseJohnsonRacing.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChaseJohnson24

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Chase.Johnson.Racing1

APPAREL –

Johnson has new red, black or gray t-shirts and hoodies for sale at his race trailer at every race he competes in this season. T-shirts are $20 each and hoodies are $35 apiece.

SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT – Shifty Illusions

Shifty Illusions is a custom paint business based in Bakersfield, Calif. Shifty Illusions specializes in helmets and goalie masks. For more information, visit http://www.ShiftyIll.com.

“I can’t thank Shifty Illusions enough for giving me a great looking helmet that is a tribute to Marcus Johnson and Dale Wondergem,” Johnson said. “I’m really thankful for all that he’s helped us with. Shifty Illusions isn’t expensive and makes everything look great. He’s very talented.”

Johnson would also like to thank Newman Freeman Racing, Johnny Franklin’s Mufflers, PitStopUSA.com, Napa Auto Parts, Flowmaster, Don’s Truck Repair, VSR, Fast Lube Plus, K&N Filters, Oroville Cycle and I-Wear Graphix for their continued support.

INSIDE LINE PROMOTIONS –

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To meet the media relations needs of your program and to join Team ILP, contact Shawn at 541-510-3663 or InsideLinePromotions@gmail.com. For more information on Inside Line Promotions, visit http://www.InsideLinePromotions.com.

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