The Wayne Johnson racing team made it's 2010 debut friday night in Mandan.  During hot laps it was clear that the track would resemble a plowed feild.  Wayne started in the last row of the heat and struggled with the ruts and holes the entire race.  Wayne limped home as the last car running.  This relegated him to the B-main.  After several adjustments to the car the 4J machine started on the outside of the front row for the B and was able to cross the line in third.  After three features the officials cancelled the rest of the features due to extremely rough track conditions.  Wayne to say the least was not upset.  He didn't feel the need to use up the car the first night of the season.  The 4J machine most likely will not be heading to Mandan next weekend due to previous obligations.   

Wayne and the crew are in Estevan, SK tonight.  Hopefully the track will be in much better condition. 

Well everyone Mother Nature has struck again.  The races scheduled for this weekend in Williston have been cancelled.

Johnson Racing may make its 2010 debut next Friday night in Mandan, but that is still up in the air.  Plans are for now to definately go to Estevan next Saturday though.  This is naturally weather permitting.  Lets hope Mother Nature cooperates.

Well everyone after a long cold winter racing season is finally almost here.  Wayne Johnson Racing will take to the track for the first time in the 2010 season this Saturday and Sunday at Basin Speedway in Williston, ND for.  The season opener last weekend at Estevan Motor Speedway was rained out last weekend.  The weather leading up to the weekend doesn't look very good, but it does look better for the weekend.  Lets just hope that we don't get too much rain during the week. 

Johnson Racing has tentatively planned on going to Dakota Speedway in Mandan next Friday, then continuing on to Estevan Motor Speedway in Estevan, SK on Saturday night.  These are definately tentative plans as of now.

The pictures page is updated with the new look for 2010.  Be sure to check it out.  Just as a reminder we still have t-shirts and hoodies for sale.  They will be avalable for purchase after the races each night.

Well March has arrived and the racing season is starting to draw closer.  Plans have changed since the last update.  Due to scheduling conflicts Wayne Johnson Racing will not be making the trip to Beatrice NE for the IMCA Spring Nationals.  Our first racing action of the season looks to be May 1st at Estevan Motor Speedway. 

We have been busy working at the shop since our last update.  The late model is ready for the most part with the exception of the graphics.  There is a chance we may have it at the Wild About Wheels car show in Minot the weekend of the 27th of March.  Our new 2010 Harris modified is nearing completion with mainly odds and ends to complete on it.  The 2009 car is starting to come together. 

Other than the updates there is no breaking news at the Johnson Racing shop.  Once again we will try to get pictures of our progress up sometime in the near future.

We hope to see everyone at the Wild About Wheels car show.  Its been a long winter and we are excited to see and visit with everyone. 

Well its been a while since we have done any updates here.  With the two feet of snow on the ground here in Minot its hard to be thinking of racing.  Even though its tough to think of it the Johnson Racing crew has been hard at work since the end of the racing season.  We recently made the trip to Boone IA to pick up our new 2010 Harris chassis.  The plans are to have two Harris modifieds.  We have also been hard at work on the latemodel.  We plan on competing in the same GRT chassis we had last year.  We will be debuing a new look for the latemodel for 2010.  We are planning on our first event being the IMCA Spring Nationals in Beatrice NE in March.  We are unsure of the dates as of now though.  Those plans are certainly subject to change though.  Thats all the news we have for now.  We will try to update the pictures section of the site pretty soon. 

Wayne and the entire Johnson Racing crew hopes everyone had an excellent Christmas, and sends everyone wishes wonderful New Year.  Most of all we hope this season finds you safe and happy. 

Happy Hollidays Everyone

Wayne and the crew started off the weekend on a high note.  Wayne usually doesnt have very much luck in drawing but was able to draw a 21.  This started Wayne on the pole of the very last heat race of the night.  Our good fortune was short lived though when we saw the lineup for the heat race.  Wayne was on the pole but his heat race was one of the toughest if not the toughest heat race of the night.  We watched the track all night and were a little gun shy of making any changes since the car had been so good.  The heat race didnt go as we had hoped as Wayne crossed the finish line in fourth place.  The top three advanced to the feature.  Atleast we had a good starting spot for the B-Main on Sunday.

Sunday brought hope sunny skies and a beautiful day.  We talked to some other competitors and observed a few things.  We made some changes to the car and were pretty confident that we would make the A-Main by finishing fourth or better in the B-Main.  But as fate would have it from the drop of the green flag the car was not to Wayne's liking.  Wayne brought the ill handling car home in 8th place.

In hindsight after the rough conditions in Grand Forks the last time out with the latemodel we should have gone through things to make sure there were no issues.  Unfortunately we didnt and we feel like that is the reason for the ill handling car.

This concludes the 2009 season for Wayne Johnson Racing.  Keep checking the site as we will update it periodically with pictures and information of what has been happining at the shop.  As for now Nodak Speedway wont be racing until after the fair so we are not sure what our plans will be for racing next year.  The only thing we do know is we will have a modified and will be running the latemodel in selected events next year.

Wayne and the crew are currently en-route to Jamestown for the 38th Annual Stock Car Stampede.  Wayne will only be driving the 11J late model.  The last time out in the late model had the makings of a great night till circumstances beyond Wayne’s control ended the night prematurely.  The late model has been going pretty good so we are optimistic for a good showing.  This will be the last event for the 2009 season for Wayne Johnson Racing.  Friday night’s program will only consist of a heat race, with b-mains and features on Saturday.  We will update everyone as soon as we can on the happenings of the weekend.

Wayne Johnson Racing headed to Williston for the final event of the season at Basin Speedway.  Saturday night got off to a great start as Wayne started on the front row of the heat race and was the first to take the checkers.  This started Wayne on the inside of the second row for the feature, and with everyone running the low line Wayne went to the top to give it a try.  For the short term he found it to his liking and was battling Steve Pfeifer for second when the moisture he was using went away.  Wayne fell in line, but due to being in the wrong line on some restarts he came away with a 6th place finish.

Wayne went back to work on the car for Sunday night.  I am not sure how the heat race went as my conversation with Wayne was centered on the events of the feature.  Wayne took the lead from Steve Pfeifer at one point, but on a restart Steve was able to take the lead back.  Wayne kept at it though and was beside Steve for the lead when Steve over drove the corner and spun out.  The officials called Wayne for the caution after which Wayne pulled in.

All in all the final weekend was about par for the course for the year.  Start off great have what seems to be a promising night ahead and have our hopes dashed due to something out of Wayne control.  This concludes the season for the Modified, but Wayne Johnson will be loading up the late model and heading to the Stock Car Stampede in Jamestown September 25th and 26th.  As of now the Stampede will conclude the 2009 Wayne Johnson Racing season.  As always though plans are subject to change.