Feb 5, 2012

Jason Johnson claimed his second WSS main event victory for the season and in the process escalated himself to third overall in the points in front of an enormous crowd at Albany’s Atwell Park Speedway tonight.

The Louisiana Leadfoot powered past early James McFadden and drove on to score the victory in the 30 lap A-Main but not without a titanic struggle with the young series leader.

“I knew we had some good car speed and I could judge my own speed by the way he (James) was driving. We could get into the turns really nice and make up some ground each time. The HM Racing Team gave me an excellent car and I’m pleased for the whole team we could get this win in a town like this that has worked so hard to make this event successful. Congratulations to Albany Speedway for making this happen.”

James McFadden came home in second place with Kerry Madsen rounding out the podium.

Madsen led the field into turn one on the opening lap but pushed hard up track and lost seven or eight positions before powering back to a strong third.

Fourth across the line was Max Dumesny ahead of David Murcott, Grant Anderson, Shane Stewart, Brooke Tatnell, Shaun Dobson, Jamie Maiolo, Steven Lines, Trevor Green, Danny Reidy, Dylan Jenkin, Ryan Farrell and Jason Kendrick.

DNF’s in the event were all tangled up in a second lap incident in turn one that claimed Robbie Farr, David Priolo, Mark Wells and Ian Madsen.

A more detailed report on the night’s results will follow shortly.

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