Michael Johnson get first SportMod win

BY STEVEN LYNCH Special to The Californian

Michael Johnson of Bakersfield dominated the 25-lap IMCA Sports Mod main event, leading from start to finish. His two biggest challenges, other than fending off second-place Levi Kiefer, were keeping the field behind him on five restarts and maneuvering safely around lapped cars during the race’s early long green flag run. Chad Johnson finished third. Nick Sylvester was fourth and Wayne Dotson took fifth. “It’s awesome,” Michael Johnson said after his first-ever feature win in a Sports Mod.