Johnson Notches His Seventh URSS Feature Win at Norton

Day two of the Labor Day Weekend double header at the Elmwood Park Speedway saw some wild and crazy action Sunday night you would of almost thought it was a Full Moon in the Kansas sky. But when it was all said and done, the “Kansas Tornado” Jon Johnson put win number seven into the record books for the 2007 URSS Season.

The field was lead to the green flag by Doug Roth and by the end of lap one, fourth place starter Darren Bowman had taken the top spot followed by Ken Lutters, Roth, Brian Herbert and Randy Bantam rounding out the top five. By lap three tenth place starter Jon Johnson had made his way to the third spot with current URSS points leader Smokey Fairbank on his back bumper. Saturday night’s winner Justin Schwien along with Sappa Valley Construction B Main winner Mike Woodruff worked their way to the fifth and sixth spot respectively by lap five.

Schwien got around Fairbank for the fifth spot with Woodruff challenging Fairbank for the sixth spot on lap six, with Woodruff making the pass for the sixth spot two laps later. Lap ten saw Schwien slow on the front stretch with mechanical problems to bring out the caution. On the restart, Johnson hounded Bowman’s back bumper for the lead Johnson taking the spot coming out of turn four.

Lap fourteen is was when the action started in turn one as Darren Bowman and Ray Seemann spun and in the ensuing action Mark Bantam got squeezed into the turn two wall and took a tumble bringing out the red flag. Bantam was okay but done for the night, Seemann and Bowman were able to continue. Points leader Smokey Fairbank got high and brushed the turn one wall causing the right front tire to go flat to bring out the caution a lap later, but quick work by several crew members of other cars got him back out to rejoin the field.

Back in the field, fifteenth starter Cody Salem had methodically worked his way to the sixth position by lap fifteen and set his sights on fifth place Mike Woodruff as Darren Berry had his hands full in third as Kris Miller was on his tail. Lap sixteen saw Woodruff take the third spot from Berry with Miller and Salem closely shadowing Berry in his tire tracks. Taylor Velasquez had battled his way to the seventh position from his thirteen starting spot with Jeff Radcliffe and Smokey Fairbank in pursuit.

Up front Johnson continued to hold his lead with Herbert and Woodruff trying to find a way around the cagey veteran. With two to go Woodruff took the second spot from Herbert and set his sights on Johnson but it was to no avail and as the checkered flag flew it was Johnson taking the win followed by Woodruff, Herbert, Beery and a hard charging Salem rounding out the top five.

The Weld Racing “Hard Charger Award” went the St. Joseph Missouri driver Cody Salem who raced his way to the fifth position from his fifteen starting spot.

Heat race winners were Jon Johnson, Smokey Fairbank, Justin Schwien, and Randy Bantam.

A-Main – 1) Johnson, 2) Woodruff, 3) Herbert, 4) Berry, 5) Salem, 6) Miller, 7) Velasquez, 8) J. Radcliffe, 9) Bowman, 10) S. Fairbank, 11) Seemann, 12) R. Bantam, 13) K. Lutters, 14) Keiswetter, 15) Chaffin, 16) M. Bantam, 17) Beckham, 18) Schwien, 19) Belsky, Roth DQ

Sappa Valley Construction B-Main – 1) Woodruff, 2) Berry, 3) Velasquez, 4) M. Bantam, 5) Salem, 6) J. Radcliffe, 7) Beckham, 8) Keiswetter, 9) Belsky, 10) Chaffin, 11) Hays, 12) Perkins, 13) Bernbeck, 14) D. Thyfault, 15) J. Fairbank, 16) C. Lutters, Hemel DNS

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