Johnny Clark Motorsports

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2012 RESULTS & PHOTOS

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SAT., OCT. 22nd

.6513th at OPS

A series of pit stops just couldn't
get the #54 up to speed as the team
started to work on setups for 2013.

THE ALL AMERICAN 400 - OCT 6TH

4th at Nashville

Johnny came from the back of the field to a 4th place finish in the Nashville All American shortened by rain to 220 laps. After the original car, #61, suffered engine problems, the team worked late Friday night to prep the black #54 for the last chance race on Saturday at 1:00.

With good speed and fast pit stops, the #54 came to the front from 35th on the starting grid, taking the lead and battling with eventual winner Ross Kenseth #25 and Kyle Bush #51 - top photo.

When showers came and several yellows and restarts scrambled the field, Johnny came right up to the front and had the handling and fuel to fight for the win. But rain returned and the race was flrst red flagged and then called at
lap 220.

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SAT., SEPT. 22nd

.655th at WMMP

A win in the heat, but the #54 just
doesn't have the speed in the 150.

8th at the 300
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With a new tire design for the SLMs,
finding the right setup would be the key to the 300. Quick runs in the conci (a win) and Sunday practice looked promising for the race, but the #54 never had the expected handling. An early stop for the right front fender repair put Johnny at the back of the field. But the #54 was not caught up in the ten car back-straght wreck on lap 162.

A late race stop for fresh tires did not pan out since the new design is fast only for 5
to 10 laps. Johnny battled up to 8th at the finish but was not running well enough to challenge the front pack.

16th at Stafford
after a Crash
With the black #54 running very well, Johnny was coming to the front to battle for the lead with Teddy Christopher in the Mulkern #18. Johnny held the lead at the start finish on a couple of laps. DJ Shaw in the #60 came up and made it a lead trio. On lap 90, DJ took it a little too hard into turn one, slid up, and nailed Johnn just behind the front wheel, sending the #54 into the fence and out of the race with severely damaged front suspension. At the mid break for tires changes, abnormal wear was noted and the race was shortened to 110 laps, down for the original 125.

6-TIME PASS CHAMPION JOHNNY CLARK HOPING TO TURN 2012 SEASON AROUND IN DEBUT RACE AT STAFFORD SPEEDWAY
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Story on the Stafford Motor Speedway Web Site HERE

SUN., AUGUST 12th

.66th at WMMP

A last place finish in the heat again led to many changes before the feature and a last row starting position. Johnny worked his way up to 6th in the feature before rain stopped the race at lap 123.

SAT., AUGUST 4th
.4th at Seekonk

Big changes after the heat and a couple of pit visits in the race made the #54 better at the end. Steady progress resulted in a solid points night with a fourth.

THURS., JULY 12th
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613th at Oxford
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The #54 had been OK in practice and the heat but the grip went away in the race.Two stops in the pits for a range
of changes did little to improve the
handling of the #54 on the 250 weekend.
Johnny worked his way through the field but could only make it to 13th at the checkers.

THURS., JULY 12th
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67th at Thompson
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The win in heat two looked good for the feature. But problems with the left front suspension popped up in the 75 lap race and produced a very worn tire.
The #54 dropped into a conservative run for a 7th place finish.

SAT., JULY 7th
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66th at Beech Ridge
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On a day when almost all the teams were searching for some grip, Johnny finished 7th in his heat and had to transfer to the feature with a win in the last chance.
Starting 22nd, the #54 needed several stops in the pits for handling adjustments to get a bit better and make some progress. Up to 6th, Johnny slowed for a spin and got run over and spun out in turn one. Fighting back in the last 11 laps, he made it back to 6th. With others having poor finishes, Johnny pulled to within 4 of the points lead, but now only 2 points ahead of the #77 of Cassius Clark in third.

SAT., JUNE 30th

9th at Canaan

With the #54 just not handling as well as it should have, Johnny was slowly making his way up from 14th and challenging for 6th spot. A tangle on the main straight saw the #54 hit the nose of the #14 and flatten the right front. Back with a fresh tire and luckily no other suspension damage, Johnny ran through the field from 17th to 9th in the final 20 laps.

SATURDAY, JUNE 23rd

5th at Autodrome Chaudiere

Battling a car that wouldn't turn down in the corners and in the closing laps a deflating left front tire, Johnny worked his way up to a solid fifth place.

John Phippen Memorial Twin 59s
Saturday, June 16th at 7 PM & Sunday, June 17th at 1 PM

Johnny drove the Dean Fuller #39 Late Model
with Chad Dow as crew chief
&
John Clark (Johnny's Dad) raced the #21 Late Model
owned by John Clark (normally driven by Ben Clark)

Johnny takes the first segment and the overall win

Johnny , who won the first 59-lap race, outpointed second-race victor Frank Moulton of Burnham for the overall victory. Liberty’s Josh St. Clair was third overall, with the top five filled out by Palmyra’s Ajay Picard and Dylan Turner of Freedom.

“This victory means a lot, both to me and my father,” the winner said in victory lane, after performing the familiar Big John Phippen victory lap, running laps around the winning car, owned by Dean Fuller of Albion, while waving the checkered flag. “He won a race here in 1981 and in tech they thought there’s no way he could beat John Phippen without cheating.

“When I won my first Pro Stock race at Wiscasset it was John Phippen who finished second.” That race was a 150-lap special event, when Clark was just 17-years-old.

“This is my third win on Father’s Day at Unity, but my first as a father,” Clark said. “I wanted to win this race real bad for my father. I’ll tell you, these Late Models are a lot harder to drive than the Pro Stocks I’ve won with here before.”

Late Model (Twin 59-lap races, overall finish) 1. 39 Johnny Clark, Farmingdale; 2. 15 Fran Moulton, Burnham; 3. 33 Josh St. Clair, Liberty; 4. 99 Ajay Picard, Palmyra; 5. 9 Dylan Turner, Freedom; 6. 11 Ryan St. Clair, Liberty; 7. 15 David Folsom I, Skowhegan; 8. 18 Brian Whitney, Burnham; 9. 75 David ‘Deuce’ Folsom II, Skowhegan; 10. 21 John Clark, Farmingdale; 11. 1 M.J. Sliva, Fairfield; 12 X Jeff Burgess, Fairfield; 13. 25 Will Collins, Waldoboro; 14. 21 Nick Huff, Hampden; 15. 51 Tyler Robbins, Montville; 16. 3 Mike Orr, Wiscasset.

SUNDAY, JUNE 10th

Three-peat at 660

SATURDAY, May 26th

No Woodstock, NH

3rd at White Mountain from 20th

Through the pack up to the top 5 by lap 125. Battle to the checkers with
Joey Pole in the #15x. Congratulations to Hight Motorsports for their 1st win.

SATURDAY, May 12th

Coming from the Back for The Win
after a Broken Rocker Arm in Practice
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SPEED51 Story by Mike Twist HERE
- From Last to First -

MAY 5TH - BEECH RIDGE

16th at the Beech Ridge Opener after distributer and/or
ignition box problems randomly shut the motor down.
At the back after pit stops to find the problem, Johnny ran up to 4th before the motor shut off again.

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