Sprint car driver Matt Johnson claimed a title on August 19 winning the IMCA RaceSaver Minnesota Sprint Series. The 18-year old from St. Peter, Minnesota finished on top with a 37-point margin over former tour champion Brett Allen. 2021 series champion Trevor Serbus finished in third place.
In just his third season in a sprint car, Johnson has shown consistency this year with 20 top ten finishes in 28 starts to-date. He closed out the series at Arlington Raceway by winning the heat race then a second place finish in the feature to Bill Johnson – his father.
Trailing Serbus in the points, the younger Johnson closed out the second half of the series on a roll. Following a fourth place finish at Norman County Raceway Matt took third at Princeton on July 14. A runner-up at Arlington the following night had the team rolling heading into the Jackson Nationals.
On August 17 Matt led all 30 laps at Jackson Motorplex to claim the RaceSaver feature on Night 1 of the World of Outlaws event.
“A championship is something I’ve wanted for a very long time now,” commented Matt. “I was thinking it was gonna be a very long time before I got one, but I guess I all the consistency and hard work from my dad, grandpa, Marv, Nate and Mike is what got us those consistent finishes and set me up to take the series points championship.”
One week after winning the series championship Matt was back in victory lane at Arlington Raceway winning the 15-lap feature after starting eighth.
Next up for the Johnson family is a trip to Nebraska for the RaceSaver Nationals at Eagle Raceway. More information can be found at https://www.racesaver.com
2023 Minnesota Sprint Series results
May 26 at Jackson Motorplex
Heat 1: Trevor Serbus
Heat 2: Brett Allen
Heat 3: Monty Ferriera
Heat 4: Dusty Ballenger
B-Main: Matt Johnson
Feature: Blaine Stegenga
May 27 at Arlington Raceway
Heat 1: Mike Stien
Heat 2: Brandon Allen
Feature: Trevor Serbus
May 28 at Huset’s Speedway
Heat 1: Heath Nestrick
Heat 2: Madison Miller
Heat 3: Jacob Peterson
Heat 4: Trefer Waller
B-Main 2: Blaine Stegenga
B-Main 1: Lee Goos, Jr.
Feature: Tyler Rabenberg
June 22 at Norman County Raceway
Heat 1: Trevor Serbus
Heat 2: Andy Pake
Feature: Tye Wilke
July 14 at Princeton Speedway
Heat 1: Trevor Serbus
Heat 2: Brandon Buysse
Heat 3: Matt Johnson
Feature: Brandon Buysse
July 15 at Arlington Raceway
Heat 1: Trevor Serbus
Heat 2: Matt Johnson
Heat 3: Hannah Graf
Feature: Trevor Serbus
August 17 at Jackson Motorplex
Heat 1: Eric Schulz
Heat 2: Jacob Peterson
Heat 3: John Lambertz
Heat 4: Brandon Allen
B-Main 2: Laela Eisenschenck
B-Main 1: Dusty Ballenger
Feature: Matt Johnson
August 19 at Arlington Raceway
Heat: Matt Johnson
Feature: Bill Johnson
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