Johnson returns to Victory Lane in NASCAR Super Late Models at Irwindale

Justin Johnson of Las Vegas won the NASCAR Super Late Model race and extended his lead in the Super Late Model standings at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale on Saturday night.
It was Johnson’s sixth win of the season and his fifth in the past six Super Late Model races at the track. He has a 34-point lead over his Vision Aviation Racing teammate Dusty Davis after 12 races.
“They remind me every week. We’re just out for points right now,” Johnson said.
Johnson started from the pole and led all 50 laps of the Super Late Model race. Travis Thirkettle of Fillmore was second. Randel King of Fullerton was third.
Davis finished sixth. It was the first time he finished outside the top five since the second race of the season.
Ryan Partridge of Rancho Cucamonga was fourth and Luis Martinez Jr. of Long Beach, a rookie in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, was fifth. Partridge has won all seven of the NASCAR Super Trucks races at Irwindale this season.
Johnson raced in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race at Toyota Speedway last weekend. The Super Late Models have a break for the next few weeks. The next time they are scheduled to race is July 31.
“Long couple weeks,” Johnson said. “Glad we have a break now.”
Joey Licata Jr. of Van Nuys won the ASA Trucks race. Mike Herda of Las Vegas was second, followed by Jimmy Putman of Corona in third.
Joe Anderson of Valencia won the S2 stock car race, his second win of the season.
Nick Johnston of Mission Viejo, making his second start in the S2 stock cars, was second. Roman Lagudi of Las Vegas was third.
Lagudi, the leader in the S2 stock car standings, posted his fourth podium finish in eight races. He has a four-point lead over Dylan Lupton of Wilton.
Gerrit Cromsigt of Saugus won the NASCAR Super Stocks race, his third in a row. Rich DeLong III of Santa Clarita was second, followed by Eric Sunness of Chatsworth in third.
DeLong leads the Super Stocks standings. He has a 48-point lead over Bryan Harrell of Riverside after nine races.
Billy Ziemann of Bloomington won the Figure 8s race. Steve Stewart of Long Beach was second and Andy Schoening of Corona was third.

Justin Johnson wins NASCAR Super Late Model race at Irwindale, takes over lead in standings

Justin Johnson of Las Vegas parlayed a couple of podium finishes and took over the lead in the NASCAR Super Late Model standings at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale on Saturday night.
Johnson won the first of two Super Late Model races at the track. He was third in the second race and passed Nick Joanides of Woodland Hills for the lead in the Super Late Model standings after four races.
“It was pretty fun tonight,” Johnson said. “We had a fast car the first race. The second race we went and tweaked on it a little bit, messed ourselves up a little bit. All in all a great effort by Vision Airlines.”
Joanides had a rough night. The reigning Super Late Model champion was sixth in the first race. His motor broke at the end of the second race and he finished 13th out of 14 cars.
Dusty Davis of Las Vegas, Johnson’s teammate at Vision Aviation Racing, won the second Super Late Model race.  He finished second to Johnson in the first Super Late Model race.
“I knew that I had a fast enough car to win,” Davis said. “I was driving every lap as hard as I could until I got the checker.”
Johnson and Davis are first and second in the Super Late Model standings. Johnson has a four-point lead over Davis.
Daryl Scoggins of Sunland won his first NASCAR Mini Stocks race of the season. Richie Altman of Wildomer was second, followed by Jacob Rivers of Riverside.
Jeff Williams of Newbury Park won his third straight South West Tour Trucks series race. Neil Conrad of Arcadia was second, followed by Michael Zimmerman of Hemet was third.
Kenny Smith of Oak Hills won his first S2 stock car race at Irwindale. He finished ahead of Roman Lagudi of Las Vegas in second and David Busby of Laguna Beach in third.