Wayne Johnson celebrates in victory lane after winning Saturday night’s Ronald Laney Memorial at East Bay Raceway Park. Photo by Mike Horne
Wayne Johnson had his Charlie Fisher powered- XXX chassis dialed in to perfection and his driving skills were never sharper than Saturday night when he started on pole and left his competition, mainly young Rico Abreu, searching for 40 laps for a way around the Knoxville, Iowa resident.
The occasion was the l3th Annual Ronald Laney Memorial at East Bay Raceway Park where Johnson put an exclamation point to the 38th WinterNationals by standing in victory lane with his $10,000 check and wearing the crown for being “King of the 360s” for the second time in four years. His repeat win in the race was an emotional time for Johnson, as he counted Laney as a good friend for many years.
“Even though the track was different tonight from last night when I won, we made very few changes to the car and the only trouble I had was on the last restart when my tire was going down and I had to keep the heat in it to build up the pressure,” he said in victory lane. “My crew Daryl Turfurd and Conner Nelson had the car really nice and Scott Billish is back on board as a sponsor after being away for four years.”
With Johnson and Bryan Sebetto in the front row, Abreu inside Parker Price-Miller in the next row and the pair of Danny Wood and Lasoski making up row three, the field came down to the green flag. However, the red flag halted everything on lap two when Lou Kennedy got upside down on the back stretch. He was able to walk away uninjured.
Back under green, Abreu tried inside and outside moves to get by Johnson when they came upon lapped traffic on lap eight, following the leader in the high groove to maneuver through. By the half-way mark, the lead duo had put three lapped cars between themselves and third place runner Price-Miller. Seven laps later that margin increased to four lapped cars when the yellow came out for a blown engine on Danny Martin’s machine in turn four.
Back under green, Abreu pulled inside Johnson, but the leader was relentless in his pursuit of the win and mustered ahead by the time the two were half-way between turns one and two. In the end, it was Johnson coming away with the victory, with Abreu in second. Terry McCarl finished in third, with Jason Sides fourth and David Gravel in fifth.
Christopher Bell, Jac Haudenschild, Greg Hodnett, Danny Smith and Danny Lasoski rounded out the top 10.
Luke Thomas scored the Florda Mini-Sprints win on the final night of the Winternationals at East Bay Raceway Park. Photo by Mike Horne
In other action, Luke Thomas scored the WinterNationals finale for the Florida Mini Sprint Association.
Thomas and Tyler Devault made up the front row for the feature, with Thomas jumping out to the early lead. Caution flew on lap four when Danny Sams, Jr. spun in turn one. Caution waved again on lap six as Nicholas Snyder and Austin Rice tangled and stopped in turn two.
Back under green, Thomas would open up the lead with Devault weaving thru traffic trying to close. The third caution would come out as Robbie Smith slowed in turn one.
The final caution would come out with just two laps remaining when Sams, Jr spun in turn four. On the final restart Thomas moved away to score the win.
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38th Annual WinterNationals
East Bay Raceway Park – Tampa, FL
Ronald Laney Memorial – Feb. 22, 2014
1. Wayne Johnson
2. Rico Abreu
3. Terry McCarl
4. Jason Sides
5. David Gravel
6. Christopher Bell
7. Jac Haudenschild
8. Greg Hodnett
9. Danny Smith
10. Danny Lasoski
11. Bryan Sebetto
12. Danny Wood
13. Parker Price-Miller
14. Etienne Girard
15. Greg Wilson
16. Thomas Kennedy
17. Russ Hall
18. Danny Martin, Jr.
19. Chad Kemenah
20. Lou Kennedy
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