Johnson claims 14th Wells Concrete Street Stock win

Ryan Johnson was the only defending track champion to visit RydellCars.com Victory Lane on Friday’s opener. The Karlstad, Minn. driver picked up a dominating win in the Wells Concrete WISSOTA Street Stock feature as he led every trip around the three-tenths mile bullring.

Johnson started on the pole and jumped out to the lead as Aaron Blacklance and James Meagher battled for second behind him. After a mid-race restart, Blacklance’s machine suffered a mechanical failure, which also forced Meagher to slow. That opened the door for Daniel Aberle and Adam Burrows to move into second and third, respectively.

Aberle put heavy pressure on Johnson in the closing laps. Aberle pulled up to Johnson’s left rear quarter panel on a couple of occasions, but could never get any further alongside the No. 25. Johnson went on to pick up his 14th career Street Stock win at River Cities, which ties him with Ryan Flaten for fourth on the all-time Street Stock wins list.

RESULTS:
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 25-Ryan Johnson, [1]; 2. 33-Daniel Aberle, [6]; 3. 18B-Adam Burrows, [7]; 4. 67-Ryan Satter, [12]; 5. 21X-Dustin Puffe, [9]; 6. 3-Steven Richards, [8]; 7. 2U-Kasey Ussatis, [22]; 8. 27P-Tucker Pederson, [10]; 9. 28-Greg Jose, [21]; 10. 17-Casey Vargason, [25]; 11. 99-Josh Barker, [16]; 12. 29-Dan McNamee, [14]; 13. 24T-Tiffany Noreikis, [13]; 14. 9A-Blake Anderson, [20]; 15. 92-Megan McNamee, [18]; 16. 1M-Nicholas Minske, [15]; 17. (DNF) 7-James Meagher, [3]; 18. (DNF) 539-Aaron Blacklance, [5]; 19. (DNF) 48-Chase Boen, [4]; 20. (DNF) 00-Dusten Ebensteiner, [11]; 21. (DNF) 35-John Halvorson, [2]; 22. (DNF) 7B-David Barker, [23]; 23. (DNF) 9-Jason Rethemeier, [24]; 24. (DNF) 4-Trey Hess, [17]; 25. (DNF) 14C-Jeremy Castro, [19]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3-Steven Richards, [7]; 2. 21X-Dustin Puffe, [4]; 3. 48-Chase Boen, [3]; 4. 27P-Tucker Pederson, [5]; 5. 24T-Tiffany Noreikis, [8]; 6. 99-Josh Barker, [1]; 7. 92-Megan McNamee, [9]; 8. (DNF) 7B-David Barker, [2]; 9. (DNF) 17-Casey Vargason, [6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Ryan Johnson, [7]; 2. 539-Aaron Blacklance, [5]; 3. 18B-Adam Burrows, [8]; 4. 00-Dusten Ebensteiner, [1]; 5. 29-Dan McNamee, [4]; 6. (DNF) 28-Greg Jose, [6]; 7. (DNF) 2U-Kasey Ussatis, [3]; 8. (DNF) 9-Jason Rethemeier, [2]

​Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 7-James Meagher, [2]; 2. 33-Daniel Aberle, [1]; 3. 35-John Halvorson, [7]; 4. 67-Ryan Satter, [3]; 5. 1M-Nicholas Minske, [5]; 6. 4-Trey Hess, [6]; 7. 14C-Jeremy Castro, [4]; 8. 9A-Blake Anderson, [8]