DJ Johnson, Jason Palmer, Derek Boarman and Ryan Winter bring home Placerville Speedway wins on Denali Night presented by Thompson’s Buick/ GMC Dealership

Placerville, CA - April 28, 2018…Stockton’s DJ Johnson made his return to C&H Veteran Ent. presents Hunt Magnetos Wingless Tour competition on Saturday night and raced to an entertaining victory in the 25-lap feature at Placerville Speedway.

Also joining Johnson in victory lane on Denali Night presented by Thompson’s Buick/ GMC Dealership were Jason Palmer with the Pure Stocks, Derek Boarman with the Mini Trucks and Ryan Winter with the Nor-Cal Dwarf Car Association. A total of 74-cars packed the pit area on a beautiful night in Placerville.

Johnson most recently won with the C&H Veteran Ent. presents Hunt Magnetos Wingless Tour during the Tribute to Gary Patterson in November of 2016. He then took last season off after the untimely passing of his father. His triumph on Saturday was very special for everyone in attendance.

“This is pretty amazing to come out here and win tonight in Placerville,” Johnson said. “I have to dedicate this win to my dad. I know he was looking down on me tonight. This is pretty darn cool and I can’t thank my whole team enough for all their help.”

Adam Christian got the initial lead at the waving of the green flag in the main event and felt early pressure from Scott Hall, who also had to fend off Jake Morgan. Lapped traffic then appeared on lap seven, but unfortunately for Christian his bid at victory came to an end when a lapped car spun in front him and collected him. Morgan had previously taken second and now inherited the lead of the race. Things got hectic coming up when traffic came back into play on lap 12, as Morgan and Hall exchanged the top-spot, much to the delight of the crowd on hand.

DJ Johnson then made his presence known and shot by both drivers to take the lead in thrilling fashion. Morgan’s solid run came to an end on lap 17 when contact left him with a folded front end. The remainder of the race saw Hall hound Johnson trying to find a way by, but each time he looked to have an opportunity the yellow flag would wave. Hall had found the high-side to his liking, but after another caution late in the race Johnson would change his line, playing a little defense. After that he pulled away and grabbed the Ron Stahl checkered flag for the victory.

Hall was able to hold off a late charge by Shawn Jones to earn the runner up spot. Jones, Cody Spencer and Nick Larson rounded out the top-five. King Racing Products heat one was picked off by Johnson, Speed Mart heat two was captured by Morgan and Benic Ent. heat three was won by Troy Degaton. The Santa Mauro Racing Products Dash was won by Morgan, while the Quick Time Mortgage Fast Time Award was earned by Scott Hall with a time of 12.330 around the quarter-mile. Twenty-three wingless spec sprints signed into the pit area during the night.

Jason Palmer was a dominant force last season en route to bringing home the Pure Stock title and he has already started off 2018 in that same fashion, by winning the first two events. Palmer got the early lead in the feature over Orville Owens and Kevin Jinkersen. Owens was able to get alongside Palmer for the lead early on, but a spun car forced the caution flag to be waved. Following the restart good racing was seen as the top-five cars bunched up and clustered together. Owens attempted a big-time slider to grab the lead