VANDOORN ONCE AGAIN BRINGS KAOS TO VICTORY LANE AT ANDERSON
The Kaos Motorsports team headed to the first Champion Racing Association points race at Anderson Speedway looking to turn around their string of bad luck. And for the second year in a row, driver Johnny VanDoorn let the series know that Kaos will once again be the norm in the CRA Super Series.
The team unloaded their #61 Port City Racecar on Friday for an open practice session. While no official times were available, the team felt they had a pretty good car and were happy with its performance. The team retired early Friday night to give Johnny some extra rest as he has been fighting Mono for over a week.
On Saturday, the team posted the fastest time in the days only practice session. A few small changes were made and the team lined up for qualifying. Johnny would time in second with a time of 12.255. Fast time was set by Terry Fisher Jr. with a time of 12.208. With the invert, Johnny would start on the outside of the front row for the 125 lap race.
Johnny took the lead as the green flag waved over poll sitter Matt Kocourek and set the pace. The action happens fast at the Anderson Speedway and Johnny stated lapping cars at lap 18. The tight quarter mile track also leads to many cautions-and Saturday night was no different with 6 on the night.
Johnny kept the second place car of Kocourek guessing with his restarts and would pull away to a five car length lead early in a run. A late caution with about twenty laps to go set up the final restart, and Johnny once again got a great restart, crossing the line .290 seconds ahead of Kocourek and Rick Turner.
“It feels great to start off the year with another win at Anderson. We had some bad luck when we went to Georgia for the first two races, so this win was really needed” VanDoorn said. “I really have to thank the guys on my crew. I have been sick with Mono for the past week, and Butch and the guys really stepped up to help get things ready for this race.”
VanDoorn was also happy that a lot of work in the shop this winter finally paid off. “My brother Butch and I changed some things in the front end and it feels great that we had such a good car tonight. I was only pushing it about 80-85% for most of the race, wanting to keep my right rear tire under me. Then after the last restart, I went all out and gave it all I had. We came up just short of winning practice, qualifying and the race so we will once again give it a try at Winchester in a couple of weeks” VanDoorn added.
The next Champion Racing Association race will be on May 2nd at the Winchester Speedway.
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