Johnny VanDoorn
Makes Statement At Anderson Despite Outcome
Winchester, IN
(May 11, 2011) -
Two-time and
defending Champion Racing Association (CRA) champion Johnny VanDoorn
didn’t win the Seal Wrap 125 at Anderson (Ind.) Speedway this past
weekend. However, one thing is for certain, the competition knew he
was there.
After mounting
some of the fastest laps in practice, the Coopersville, Michigan
native lined up his No. 61 Paragon Corvette
Reproductions / Baker Engineering /
JEGS.com Chevrolet qualified second
but was inverted to seventh on the starting grid. Quickly making work
of his competition early into the 125-lap event, VanDoorn, the
Kaos Motorsports pilot found himself in contention for win number one
of the season.
Daunted by
sputtering from underneath the hood of his Chevrolet bow-tie on lap
107, VanDoorn was forced to bring his automobile to pit where the team
deemed the problem to be terminal forcing the ARCA-hopeful pilot to
retire from the event in the 15th position.
“We had a bad to
the bone fast new race car,” offered VanDoorn following the event.
“But, in order to finish first, you must first finish. It wasn’t our
night to head to victory lane but I’m proud of the hard work of this
Kaos Motorsports team. I honestly feel we had one of the cars to
beat.”
He added, “Butch
(VanDoorn) did an excellent job from atop of the pit box with calls
and race strategy. My new spotter Brandon (Lines) kept his composure
and guided me through the traffic brilliantly. Almost everything went
right, just sometimes in racing, things like that happen.”
Baker Engineering,
Earth Service and Supply, Jegs.com, Magic Transportation, Paragon
Corvette Reproductions, Port City Racecars and R and R Wire Loom all
held placement on the team’s General Motors machine this weekend.
“Everyone
including myself at Kaos Motorsports is extremely thankful to all of
our sponsors for helping out at Anderson. It stinks that we weren’t
able to bring them home a trophy but I’m anxious to get back in the
gas in a couple weeks and we’ll try again.”
Additionally, the
2007 CRA Series Rookie of the Year was also tapped 11th in
the short track draft by the official online home of “short track
racing” at
Speed51.com.
Next up for the
Champion Racing Association Series is a stop at Baer Field (Ind.)
Speedway for the Asphalt Wars 100 set for Sunday, May 22.
In 65 races,
VanDoorn has posted six poles, eight wins, 25 top-fives and 47 top-10
finishes including back-to-back CRA championships in 2009 and 2010.
For more
information on Johnny VanDoorn, please visit
JohnnyVanDoorn.com.
For more
information on the Champion Racing Association Super Series, please
click on
CRARacing.net.
