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Johnson Excited for Debut at Kern County Raceway Park This Saturday

(Photo by Collin Markle Photography)

Inside Line Promotions – ANTIOCH, Calif. (April 5, 2017) – Chase Johnson will make his debut at Kern County Raceway Park this Saturday for the first-ever King of the West-NARC Fujitsu Sprint Car Series event at the track.

Johnson and the Shawn and Cyndi Thomas owned team are excited about the potential of a new track for all the competitors.

“I really think we have a good thing with the No. 68 team,” he said. “We have a great program and setup. Going to a new track for everyone makes a team like ours be equal to a team that’s been around for 15 years. Plus, I always love going to new tracks.”

Johnson is coming off a frustrating night last Saturday at Antioch Speedway with the Sprint Car Challenge Tour.

“We qualified bad and were in the back of everything,” he said. “We missed the gear setup for qualifying. We’d never been there with that motor so we weren’t sure. It was too low so we weren’t going as fast as we needed. Then we had a stacked heat race. I went forward, but it didn’t matter if we didn’t lock into the feature because the C Main was based on qualifying.”

Johnson qualified 10th quickest in his group. He maneuvered from 10th to seventh place in a heat race, but only the top three locked in the main event. That relegated him to the C Main, where he advanced from fifth to third place to miss out on a transfer by only one position.

“We were fast, but the format relies so much on qualifying,” he said. “Those two laps set up the entire night and we didn’t have two good laps. It was frustrating, but not every night in racing goes your way. I want to thank my team for their hard work and never-give-up attitude. We’ll move on to the race in Bakersfield this weekend and put that last one behind us.”

QUICK RESULTS –

April 1 – Antioch Speedway in Antioch, Calif. – Qualifying: 10; Heat race: 7 (10); C Main: 3 (5).

SEASON STATS –

10 races, 1 win, 3 top fives, 3 top 10s, 3 top 15s, 4 top 20s

UP NEXT –

Saturday at Kern County Raceway Park in Bakersfield, Calif., with the King of the West-NARC Fujitsu Sprint Car Series

MEDIA LINKS –

Website: http://www.ChaseJohnsonRacing.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChaseJohnson24

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Chase.Johnson.Racing1

APPAREL –

Johnson has No. 68 t-shirts and sweatshirts as well as Chase Johnson shirts for sale at his race trailer at every race he competes in this season. T-shirts are $25 each and hoodies are $35 apiece.

SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT – Woodland Napa Auto Parts

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In the U.S., NAPA now includes more than 58 distribution centers, 16,000 NAPA AutoCare Centers and more than 6,000 independently-owned and company-owned stores. NAPA carries an extensive inventory of more than 475,000 parts for automotive and industrial applications. For more information, visit https://www.napaonline.com/en/wa/woodland/store/24961.

“To be associated with a great company like Woodland Auto Parts in San Rafeal is an honor,” Johnson said. “The customer service and help they provide is astonishing. Napa Auto Parts helps keep our race cars running week in and week out. Anything your car needs Napa Auto Parts can take care of you. Give them a call or stop by and have your automotive needs fulfilled.”

Johnson would also like to thank Newman Freeman Racing, Johnny Franklin’s Mufflers, PitStopUSA, Flowmaster, Wesmar Racing Engines, Bell Helmets, Champion Machine, VanLare Steering Repair, Swift Metal Finishing, Shifty Illusions, Oroville Cycle and Chevron Pro-Gas for their continued support.

INSIDE LINE PROMOTIONS –

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