JOHNNY CLARK: PASS NATIONAL SERIES
Hickory Motor Speedway Race Preview
Reigning PASS North Series champion Johnny Clark of Farmingdale, Maine, will compete in the PASS Easter Bunny 150 at Hickory Motor Speedway in Hickory, N.C., on Saturday, April 3. Clark is second in the 2010 PASS National Series standings after one of five events.
WHO: Johnny Clark, Farmingdale, Maine
TEAM: No. 54 Port City/Clark’s Car Crushing Chevrolet
WHAT: PASS Easter Bunny 150
WHERE: Hickory Motor Speedway, Hickory, N.C. (.363-mile oval)
WHEN: 8 p.m., Saturday, April 3
BEST CAREER FINISH AT HICKORY MOTOR SPEEDWAY: 4th (2007)
PASS NATIONAL SERIES
LAST RACE (Jan. 31): Finished 2nd (New Smyrna Speedway, New Smyrna Beach, Fla.)
POINTS POSITION: 2nd (after one of five races)
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JOHNNY, TALK ABOUT FINISHING SECOND AT NEW SMYRNA IN JANUARY AFTER LEADING MOST OF THE 150-LAP EVENT.
“I was pretty bad on restarts all day. I was just a sitting duck.
“It would take me four or five laps to catch the guy in front of me (on restarts), I just didn’t have enough time at the end to get the lead back.”
WHAT’S BEEN YOUR EXPERIENCE AT HICKORY MOTOR SPEEDWAY IN THE PAST?
“I don’t know what it is about that place. I like it — I really do. We always seem to have a really fast car there, but for whatever reason it’s never fast at the end.
“We learned a lot of things the last time we were there. I feel like we learned enough to have a car capable of winning when we go back.”
DO YOU HAVE A GOAL IN MIND FOR THIS WEEKEND?
“Hopefully, we’ll go down there and have a good run and see if we can’t get the (National) points lead.”