Lonnie Wheatley, DODGE CITY, Kan. (June 6, 2015) – C.J. Johnson became the third different Precise Racing Products DCRP Sprint Car winner in as many events after being awarded Saturday night’s 25-lap United Rebel Sprint Series feature victory atop the 3/8-mile Dodge City Raceway Park clay oval.
The Quinter, KS, shoe picked up the win after apparent winner Ray Seemann was unable to successfully complete post-race technical inspection.
After winning his heat race, Lady Luck was on Johnson’s side after starting seventh in the URSS/Precise Racing Products DCRP Sprint Car feature.
With Tracey Hill pacing the early rounds, Johnson was fifth after four laps when defending URSS champ Jake Bubak clipped an infield tire and slid to a stop exiting turn four.
Jeremy Huish slipped by Keefe Hemel on the restart, only to miss the preferred groove several laps later and lose a half-dozen positions. Hemel did the same thing two laps later, opening the door for Johnson to climb to third behind Hill and Seemann after ten laps.
Getting into traffic, Hill bobbled briefly in turn two on the 14th lap to allow Seemann and Johnson to close in. The next time around, Hill lost power exiting turn two and came to a stop a half lap later to bring out the second and final caution.
Seemann assumed command on the restart then successfully fought off Johnson’s advances through traffic in the final circuits to get to the checkered flag just two car-lengths ahead of Johnson. But when Seemann failed post-race technical inspection, Johnson moved up one more spot to take the winner’s share.
Starting alongside Johnson in the fourth row, Zach Blurton worked his way forward as well to earn runner-up honors with current URSS Kansas points leader Jed Werner filling out the podium in third.
J.D. Johnson advanced from 11th to fourth with Taylor Velasquez rounding out the top five. The rest of the top ten for the 29-car field included Luke Cranston, Keefe Hemel, Koby Walters, Jordan Randles and Huish.
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 2j-Zach Blurton, 2. 11-Keefe Hemel, 3. 49-Kris Moore, 4. 007-Jordan Randles, 5. 10-Jordan Knight, 6. 91-Christian Schriver, 7. 911-Ty Williams, 8. 9d-Lance Davis.
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 20-Luke Cranston, 2. 9x-Jake Bubak, 3. 21x-Taylor Velasquez, 4. 98-J.D. Johnson, 5. 30c-Barry Crane, 6. 97-Brian Herbert, 7. 11k-Tyler Knight.
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 45x-C.J. Johnson, 2. 50-Jed Werner, 3. 33-Koby Walters, 4. 1x-Cody Lampe, 5. 17-Connor Atkinson, 6. 9b-Darren Bowman, 7. E85-Kade Hagans.
Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 28-Tracey Hill, 2. 72-Ray Seemann, 3. 88j-Jeremy Huish, 4. 7r-Beau Ricke, 5. 44-Clint Schubert, 6. 18-Brandon Sprott, 7. 3-Ryan Walters.
“B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 98-J.D. Johnson, 2. 33-Koby Walters, 3. 49-Kris Moore, 4. 30c-Barry Crane, 5. 911-Ty Williams, 6. 17-Connor Atkinson, 7. 007-Jordan Randles, 8. 97-Brian Herbert, 9. 7r-Beau Ricke, 10. 44-Clint Schubert, 11. 11k-Tyler Knight, 12. 1x-Cody Lampe, 13. 9b-Darren Bowman, 14. 9d-Lance Davis, 15. E85-Kade Hagans, 16. 10-Jordan Knight, 17. 18-Brandon Sprott, 18. 3-Ryan Walters. DNS: 91-Christian Schriver.
“A” Main (25 Laps): 1. 45x-C.J. Johnson, 2. 2j-Zach Blurton, 3. 50-Jed Werner, 4. 98-J.D. Johnson, 5. 21x-Taylor Velasquez, 6. 20-Luke Cranston, 7. 11-Keefe Hemel, 8. 33-Koby Walters, 9. 007-Jordan Randles, 10. 88j-Jeremy Huish, 11. 49-Kris Moore, 12. 911-Ty Williams, 13. 30c-Barry Crane, 14. 44-Clint Schubert, 15. 17-Connor Atkinson, 16. 97-Brian Herbert, 17. 28-Tracey Hill, 18. 9x-Jake Bubak, 19. 7r-Beau Ricke 20. 72-Ray Seemann, DQ