Johnson Cruises to Southern Modified Victory at Enid

[rebelracewriter]

Johnson Cruises to Southern Modified Victory at Enid

 

by John Rittenoure

 

Enid, Oklahoma (August 15, 2010) - Travis Johnson has won his share of features at the Enid Speedway. In 2009 Johnson racked up 10 main event wins on the 3/8's mile oval. But last month when the O'Reilly NCRA Southern Modified Series made their first ever stop at the Garfield County Fairgrounds oval, luck was not on Johnson's side as he only registered a nineteenth place finish.

Sunday Johnson had a second chance as the O'Reilly NCRA Southern Modifieds returned and this time there were no stopping him. Johnson grabbed an early lead and set sail then survived a late race restart to record his first career NCRA victory.

The 24-car starting field took the green with young Heston Shaw jumping into the lead from his outside front row starting position. But just two laps into the race the yellow waved and that was good news for Johnson. The veteran shot into the lead on the restart and quickly pulled away. Johnson raced unchallenged until lap 16 when the yellow again waved. This closed up the field for a four-lap shootout and Johnson had no trouble pulling back out front where he stayed to the finish despite another yellow on the restart for a three-car pile-up. Series points leader Dustin Buntin had to settle for second while Todd Decker, Kyle Slader and Joe Adams rounded out the top five.

 

Cleo Adams led points runner-up Kevin Snow to the finish in the B main.

 

The National Championship Racing Association would like to thank the following for their contribution and involvement with the southern modified division for 2010: O’Reilly Auto Parts, Hoosier Racing Tire and Sunoco Race Fuels.

 

The series would like to thank the following contingency partners with the southern modified division for the 2010 race season. Arizona Sports Shirts, Bassett Wheels, DIRT Performance Parts and Tires, Hooker Harness, Pro Shocks, Racing Optics, Saldana Racing Products, Taylor Cable Products, The Joie of Seating and Ultra Shield.

 

 

Enid Speedway - Enid, Oklahoma - August 15, 2010

 

 

HEAT 1: 1, Robert Elliott. 2, Heston Shaw. 3, Randy Bohnstedt. 4, Cole Traugott. 5, Cleo Adams. 6, Craig Ridgeway. 7, Shawn Ramsey. 8, Larry McBride.

 

HEAT 2: 1, Dustin Buntin. 2, Kyle Slader. 3, Joe Adams. 4, Tim Ford. 5, Kevin Snow. 6, Landon Maddox. 7, Ryan Parli. 8, Danny Long.

 

HEAT 3: 1, Travis Johnson. 2, Brandon Cross. 3, Tommy Morgan. 4, Kevin Dickson. 5, Dakota Moore. 6, Jay Smith. 7, Vickie Cummings.

 

HEAT 4: 1, Shawn Jorski. 2, Don McConnell. 3, Tommy Bohnstedt. 4, Jeffrey Kaup. 5, Jim Bohnstedt. 6, Matt Burnett. 7, Keith Estes.

 

HEAT 5: 1, Randy Sallee. 2, Todd Decker. 3, Frank Graven. 4, Nick Shenberger. 5, Daylon Bergman. 6, Steve Blunk. 7, Ross McCartney.

 

B FEATURE: 1, Cleo Adams. 2, Kevin Snow. 3, Landon Maddox. 4, Jeffrey Kaup. 5, Dakota Moore. 6, Daylon Bergman. 7, Craig Ridgeway. 8, Ross McCartney. 9, Jim Bohnstedt. 10, Shawn Ramsey. 11, Ryan Parli. 12, Vickie Cummings. 13, Cole Traugott. 14, Jay Smith. 15, Matt Burnett. 16, Steve Blunk. 17, Keith Estes. 18, Larry McBride. 19, Danny Long.

 

A FEATURE: 1, Travis Johnson. 2, Dustin Buntin. 3, Todd Decker. 4, Kyle Slader. 5, Joe Adams. 6, Cleo Adams. 7, Kevin Snow. 8, Randy Sallee. 9, Frank Graven. 10, Jeffrey Kaup. 11, Kevin Dickson. 12, Randy Bohnstedt. 13, Nick Shenberger. 14, Don McConnell. 15, Dakota Moore. 16, Robert Elliott. 17, Tim Ford. 18, Brandon Cross. 19, Tommy Bohnstedt. 20, Landon Maddox. 21, Heston Shaw. 22, Tommy Morgan. 23, Jim Bohnstedt. 24, Shawn Jorski.