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September 10th, 2014

Jason Krohn Pulls Trifecta in Mississippi Thunder Action; Jamboree Next

Slayton, Minnesota (09/10/14) - Jason Krohn made the trek to Mississippi Thunder Speedway (Fountain City, Wisconsin) over the weekend, and enjoyed an exceptional outing as he made a clean-sweep of the tripleheader in his Krohn Farms #7k MB Customs Modified.

Jason charged from the seventh starting spot to win his heat race on Thursday night, sending him to the redraw for the feature event. After receiving the fifth starting spot on the feature grid, Krohn raced to the win over Bren Larson, Josh Angst, Lucas Schott, and Lance Hofer.

Round #2 of the weekend was contested on Friday night, and Krohn drew the sixth starting spot for his heat race. He suffered a flat right-rear tire at the start of the heat, but was able to rejoin the tale of the field. Despite starting at the back of the pack, Jason recovered to a second place finish, which sent him to the redraw for the feature. He was the recipient of the outside-front-row starting spot in the main event, and went to claim his second victory in as many nights over Lance Hofer, Jay Richardson, Brandon Davis, and Lucas Schott.

The weekend drew to a close on Saturday night, as Jason advanced from fifth to finish third in his heat to secure a spot in the evening's redraw. After once again receiving the second starting spot for the feature, Krohn completed the weekend sweep by crossing the finish line first ahead of Brandon Davis, Lucas Schott, Lance Hofer, and Nate Wasmund.

"It was truly an awesome weekend for our team," noted Krohn. "Not only was it great to win three features, but most importantly I got to spend a weekend at the track with my family. I honestly couldn't have asked for a better time."

Full results from the weekend are available at www.MississippiThunder.com .

Up next for the team will be the 16th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree, which will be held September 18th-20th at Deer Creek Speedway (Spring Valley, Minnesota). The weekend will be highlighted by a $5,000-to-win events on Thursday and Friday with a $10,000-to-win finale on Saturday evening. For more information on the event please visit www.USMTS.com .

Jason Krohn Racing would like to thank Adam Blume, Bill's Backhoe, Bose Farms, Crop Insurance Specialists, Eibach Springs, Haecherl Constructions, MB Customs, CMD Race Shocks, Real Racing Wheels, Sputs Engines, Subway, Sybesma Graphics, KSE Racing Products, Afco, Dynatech, US Brake, Quick Time Performance Parts, Isky Race Cams, Quarter Master, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services.

For the latest information on Jason Krohn, please visit www.JasonKrohn7k.com .

 

Bell Gets First Taste of Asphalt Action!

Lonnie Wheatley, NORMAN, Okla. (September 10, 2014) – It was just a matter of time before Christopher Bell got his first dose of asphalt racing.

That first asphalt outing came this past weekend as the 19-year-old from Norman, OK, drove a Kyle Busch Motorsports asphalt late model in twin 50-lap features at North Carolina’s Hickory Motor Speedway.

Already a winner of 20 feature events in Sprint Car and Midget action on dirt this year, the transition to a full-sized Late Model on asphalt is a big one.  But the young shoe seems to be adapting quite well, running near the front in the early stages of the first race before finishing fourth.  His second feature was cut short by mechanical problems.

After some Thursday night testing, an open practice on Friday proved beneficial.  “It really helped to be on the track around other cars and get a feel for just how big these cars are.”

Race day rolled around on Saturday and it was time for the real deal.  Diverging from the dirt world that he’s accustomed to, both Saturday qualifying laps had implications with the first qualifying lap setting the grid for the first 50-lap feature and then the second qualifying lap setting the lineup for the second 50-lap feature.

“I got lucky and laid down two good laps in qualifying that put us starting third in both features,” Bell explained.  “Then one of the guys that qualified ahead of us in the first race got sent to the tail for some reason, so we moved up to the front row.”

With a front row seat for the first 50-lapper, the original start didn’t go as planned.  “I missed a shift on the first start, it’s just part of the learning process in these cars.  We got lucky and had a restart though.”

There was no missed shift on the second start, with Bell racing among the leaders in the early going.

“We were fast early then we kind of faded, we were still able to finish fourth though,” Bell explains.  “The first 10 or 15 laps though, I thought we might win this thing.”

After taking the checkered flag fourth in his first asphalt attempt, Bell’s was forced pitside in the second 50-lapper.

“We were fast and the car felt good,” Bell said of a successful asphalt debut.  “Everything about this is different, it’s a learning process.”

Bell gets another round of asphalt late model action in the Kyle Busch Motorsports No. 51 with this Saturday’s 100 lapper at Hickory Motor Speedway.

2014 Quick Stats:  81 races, 20 wins, 44 top-fives, 55 top-tens.

Next Up:

Saturday, Hickory Motor Speedway (Hickory, NC) – Kyle Busch Motorsports No. 51 asphalt late model

Keep Track:  Keep track of Christopher Bell’s on-track action including schedule and results at http://www.christopherbellracing.com/.

If you would like to keep up with all of Christopher Bell’s racing action by having press releases e-mailed directly to you, simply send your e-mail address to Lonnie Wheatley at lonniewheatley@gmail.com.

Penning the recurring series of “The Wheatley Chronicles” articles on racinboys.com, Lonnie Wheatley provides media, public relations and more for select tracks, drivers and events.  For more information, Wheatley may be contacted at lonniewheatley@gmail.com.