![]() ![]() Ironically, when Ronnie Johnson won for the first time in 2023, on April 28, Marc Johnson was also second in that race.īut finishing second, especially after starting third, didn’t sit well with the former modified track champion. I knew Marc was leading, and I knew I probably needed a caution to help us.” But the track seemed to come to us tonight. “When I’m in a tight pack, the car seems to get tight. “I need to use a lot of the track,” he said after the win. Ronnie Johnson admitted after the race that if the feature had gone all green, he probably didn’t have a chance. Three more cautions put the Johnsons side-by-side, but each time, Ronnie Johnson came off the inside, broke Marc Johnson’s momentum coming out of the second turn and maintained the lead until starter Rich Peterson threw the checkered flag. ![]() Marc Johnson chose the inside lane, but Ronnie Johnson quickly built up momentum on the outside and grabbed the lead on lap 25. ![]() The first yellow flag of the race came out on lap 24, when Jack Lehner limped into the pits with a right rear suspension problem, setting up the first restart between the Johnsons. On lap 14, Jeremy Pitts worked his way by Vernold for second, and Ronnie Johnson followed Pitts’ path to move into third.įive laps later, Ronnie Johnson went by Pitts to take over second, but Marc Johnson was already in another zip code. ![]() But Ronnie Johnson, who started fifth, just kept running his own race, and eventually it paid off. ![]()
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