Wayne Johnson and the Two-C Racing team kick off their trip to the Pacific Northwest with the Lucas Oil ASCS National series tomorrow night as Skagit Speedway\u2019s Dirt Cup gets underway. The Oklahoma City driver struggled through ASCS Speedweek, topping out with a fourth place run at Creek County Speedway near Sapulpa, Oklahoma. So the trip to the northwest comes at a good time.<\/p>\n
The team had high hopes heading into Lawton Speedway in Oklahoma a week ago. \u201cWe weren\u2019t any good,\u201d says Wayne. \u201cAnything that could have went wrong did. That kind of simplifies that night at Lawton. We drew in the back of everything, the track wasn\u2019t to our liking, we got run over in the B, and we made some wrong decisions on the racetrack.\u201d<\/p>\n
At Creek County on Thursday, Wayne went from fifth to third in his heat, and fourth to second in his Qualifier. That gave him enough points to start fifth in the feature. \u201cWe were able to get up to fourth,\u201d he says. \u201cWe couldn\u2019t really do anything with the leaders. Fourth was really all we had at Creek.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was on to Sedalia and the Missouri State Fair Speedway Friday. \u201cWe drew the back of the heat again (eighth),\u201d says Wayne. \u201cWe were able to get up to fifth. We started twelfth in the feature. We weren\u2019t very good there and we ended up ninth.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speedweek concluded at Lucas Oil Speedway near Wheatland, Missouri. After going from fourth to third in his heat and winning the Qualifier, Wayne would start seventh in the feature. \u201cWe were up to fourth or fifth there,\u201d he says. \u201cThe first caution came out, and on the restart, I jumped the curb. I hit the fence and about knocked it down. We had to go to the back there, and we worked our way back up to eleventh.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wayne is hoping to leave his bad luck in the Midwest. \u201cWe just really had no luck during Speedweek,\u201d he admits. \u201cGetting to the Pacific Northwest will give us kind of a fresh start here. We know these tracks, and we know we\u2019ll have some good local competition up here too. Last year, we were looking at a top five finish at the Dirt Cup until we turned over. We\u2019re looking to turn that around this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"