Johnson, Godfather Motorsports Crack Top-10 At Gresham

Jerick Johnson and the No. 30 KOMA Unwind Chevrolet Super Late Model claimed a hard-fought 10th-place finish Saturday night in the Southern Super Series “Racing Radios 125 Presented by Schoenfeld Headers” at Gresham Motorsports Park in Jefferson, Georgia. The finish marked the team’s first Top-10 finish of the season, in only their second start.

The team was fifth fastest in practice before encountering an electrical issue that forced them to miss final practice while replacing a burnt wire. Johnson qualified 19^th for the 125-lap main event and passed a pair of cars immediately at the drop of the green flag, despite battling a handling issue. Johnson pitted under caution on Lap 20 for a chassis adjustment, restarting at the tail of the 31-car field.

By lap 40, he was back to 19^th place, racing in heavy traffic with 2012 Pro All Stars Series champion Kyle Grissom, Clay Alexander, Spencer Davis and Ross Kenseth, son of former NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion and Daytona 500 winner Matt Kenseth. They ran in freight-train formation through the field, and Johnson was scored 15^th when the yellow flag flew for the scheduled halfway break on Lap 75.

“We threw a big adjustment at it during the break, and after the restart, we were as quick as the leaders,” said Johnson. “We passed a bunch of cars and caught the lead pack from about a half-straightaway behind, but simply ran out of laps. With a late caution, I think we would have been a sixth or seventh-place car, maybe better.

“We’ll take a Top-10 in our second race together, though,” he said. “(Crew chief) Jim Gallison, Jr. and I learned a lot this weekend, and I think we showed people we’ll be a force to reckon with this season.”

Up next for the KOMA Unwind Chevrolet team is a 150-lap Pro All Stars Series event on Saturday night, May 11 at South Boston Speedway in South Boston, Virginia.

Southern Super Series “Racing Radios 125 presented by Schoenfeld Headers”
Gresham Motorsports Park, Jefferson, GA

Pos.	No.	Driver	Laps
1	26	Bubba Pollard	125
2	41	TJ Reaid	125
3	98	Daniel Hemric	125
4	18	Hunter Robbins	125
5	98	Russell Fleeman	125
6	29	Austin Theriault	125
7	1	Mike Garvey	125
8	51	Stephen Nasse	125
9	8	John Hunter Nemechek	125
10	30	Jerick Johnson	125
11	25	Ross Kenseth	125
12	112	Augie Grill	124
13	91	David Quackenbush	124
14	2	DJ VanderLey	124
15	127	Brandon Booth	124
16	129	Spencer Davis	124
17	22	Clay Alexander	124
18	5	Spencer Wauters	123
19	22	Tyler Audie	123
20	60	Tyler Speer	123
21	31	Kyle Grissom	80
22	97	Fredrick Moore	63
23	95	Trey Gibson	20
24	10	RS Senter	20
25	7	Michael Lance	18
26	19	Zak Hausler	7
27	26	Travis Cope	4
28	47	Allen Karnes	0
29	86	Chet Morrison	0
30	2	Donnie Wilson	0
31	75	David Odell	0

About Godfather Motorsports – Godfather Motorsports is owned by Motor Racing Network and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio personality Dave Moody and enjoys major sponsorship from Bebida Beverage Company’s KOMA Unwind "Liquid Relaxation" drink. The team also boasts a comprehensive list of technological and marketing partners that includes Eibach Springs, ASM Graphics, Race 101, CV Products, ARBodies and Phantom Racing Gear. For additional information on the team and marketing opportunities with Godfather Motorsports, contact Dave Moody -- mrnturn1@hotmail.com. Visit the Godfather Motorsports website at www.GodfatherMotorsports.com.

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About POW*MIA Awareness – Godfather Motorsports is proud to support the POW*MIA Awareness Campaign. Driver Jerick Johnson has long been an advocate for veterans’ rights and the United States military. He is a five-time Distinguished Guest of the American Legion National Convention and has earned numerous awards from other veterans’ organizations. Promoting and increasing public awareness of the POW*MIA issue has become his main goal. `Prisoner Of War: Missing in Action’ refers to any soldier taken prisoner by the opposing side during an action of war. It is not always known whether that solider is alive or dead, only that they are missing. Our goal is to remind our fellow Americans that the greatest tragedy of all is to be forgotten, and honor those who have given so much. Jerick thanks Godfather Motorsports for the opportunity to help increase awareness of this issue by carrying the POW*MIA logo on the No. 30 KOMA Unwind Chevrolet.