Wednesdays with Wayne – Texas Tumbleweed!
(Bill W) March 30, 2016 – It was a tough weekend in Texas for Wayne Johnson and the Two-C Racing team. A sixth place finish on Friday at Cotton Bowl Speedway near Paige had him leading the ASCS National point race briefly, but a tumble at Bronco Raceway Park near Cleveland negated that. This weekend, the series is scheduled to run the Rock ‘N Roll 50 at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Arkansas.
On Friday, Wayne started third in his heat before surging to the win at Cotton Bowl Speedway. “We were able to get that heat race win,” he says. “I do like that track. It really caters to the better driver more than anything.”
The Oklahoma City native drew a three to start the main event. “We just had the car way too tight for the feature,” says Wayne. “We couldn’t rotate the corners. We ended up backing it up to sixth. There was nothing spectacular there, we were just hanging on. I just overdid it and we were tight.”
The series moved to Bronco Raceway Park on Saturday. “The track was just flooded with water,” says Wayne. “We started eighth in the heat and ran sixth. We were able to get through the B there and ran second.”
Wayne would start 18th in the feature. “We were able to get up to 13th,” he says. “I made a misjudgment and ran a car over. I thought I had cleared him, but the next thing I knew I was busting my ass. Our car was junk. This week we’re putting another one together for ‘the Ditch’.”
The “Rock ‘N Roll 50” features a 50-lap finale on a sticky bullring. “We always seem to go pretty well there,” says Wayne. “We landed on the podium at this race last year, and we’d like to climb a couple more spots. It’s one of those historical places that you want to do well at.”
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Wayne's Fast Facts
When Wayne traveled with the Gumout Series in 2002, he finished second to Shane Stewart, and ahead of Tyler Walker, Craig Keel and Jason Sides at Fonda Speedway near Fonda, New York. His trip to Pennsylvania that season saw him finish 5th and 9th at Port Royal Speedway and Lernerville Speedway, respectively.
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Photo: Wayne in action at Cotton Bowl Speedway (Dancer Motorsports Photo)
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- administrator on Mar 30, 2016
- Article Date: 3/30/2016