Special from Team 21 Racing

THE "MAGIC MAN" APPEARS IN BERLIN'S VICTORY LANE!!!!

Marne, MI (May 12, 2007) - For most of his driving career, Johnny VanDoorn was known as "THE KID".....he was young and fast and everyone would say "Who's that KID?".......after Saturday nights 50 lap feature at Berlin, he can be called "The Magic Man".....because the other drivers could see him under caution...but when the green flag fell, he was gone....now you see him-now you don't.

The day started out with a strong car in practice.....both John and Jason were pleased with how the car reacted to a new setup that John tried.  In the second practice, John took just a couple of laps and said the car was good....time to qualify.  He went on to qualify 6th, and with the inversion he would start third.

For the heat race, John flexed his muscle passing cars on the outside from his sixth starting position. 

John started inside the second row and from the drop of the green flag, set his sights on the lead.  He raced side by side with Lee Anderson for nine laps before finally passing him and the leader, Dakota Carlson on the same lap. With a firm grip on the lead, John made his way through lap traffic to stretch his lead to over two seconds at one point. The only thing that slowed John down was the yellow flag.  Each time the caution came out, John would checkout on the restarts extending his lead to over three seconds by the crew's watch.

Then finally....after three years of hit and miss success at Berlin, John took the checkered flag!!!!  He  celebrated with the fans taking the checkered flag for a "Polish Victory Lap".

The team was a little sleepy eyed Saturday, after deciding late Thursday night to take the same car to Toledo and race in their 50 lap tune up for their Gold Cup Series.  John took the #71 out on the track and was second fast in practice and qualified fourth.  He started the feature 5th with a fast car.  He followed Harold Fair Sr. which cost him some valuable time, before finally over taking him.  He went on to finish fifth in his first ever race at Toledo.  The team arrived back to the shop late and started to change over the car for Berlin.  Many hours were spent to get the #71 car ready for Berlin.....and the time paid off!!!!