KNOXVILLE, Iowa — Jason Johnson picked right up where he left off just over a month ago by winning Friday night’s 25-lap O’Reilly American Sprint Cars on Tour National feature at Knoxville Raceway.
After topping the series’ most recent event May 10 in Texas, The Ragin’ Cajun took advantage of Wayne Johnson’s misfortune 17 laps into the event to capture his fifth series victory of the season aboard Lanny Row’s Wesmar-powered The Shop Motorsports/Custom Equipment Design No. 41 Eagle.
“I can’t say enough about this team. They work their tails off to give me a great car to drive,” J. Johnson said after claiming sole possession of the fourth position on the all-time ASCS National Tour feature win charts with his 33rd-career triumph.
J. Johnson led early, but gave up the lead to W. Johnson on lap 10.
“Wayne kinda caught me sleeping there. I got to just riding around on the top and he put a big slide on to get around me,” Johnson explained.
But W. Johnson’s engine let go on the 17th lap, and J. Johnson was back in front.
Brian Brown won the battle for second over Jesse Giannetto, but finished nearly eight seconds behind J. Johnson.
Garry Lee Maier and Jake Peters rounded out the top five.
The finish:
Jason Johnson, Brian Brown, Jesse Giannetto, Garry Lee Maier, Jake Peters, Josh Higday, Zach Chappell, Gregg Bakker, Gary Wright, Dustin Selvage, Jon Agan, Matt Moro, Natalie Sather, Tom Lenz, Chuck Swenson, Rick Ideus, Ryan Anderson, Wayne Johnson, Joe Beaver, Eric Baldaccini, Dan Thornburg, John Hall, Billy Alley, Nick Smith.