By: Fast Time Media
12/20/23... Press Release: With Chili Bowl just over the horizon, Kyler Johnson will once again be running the Todd Henry Owned Midget. That meant that the Kyler Johnson Racing Midget would not be running. The team decided to rent out their Midget to none other than Kyler's friend Christopher Townsend.
Christopher is the 17 year old Tarkington, Texas Driver. This season was his first full season aboard a Winged 360 Sprint Car as he quickly jumped up to a National Tour. Despite the lack of experience behind the wheel of a 360, Christopher did not fail impress.
He would spend the 2023 race season on the ASCS National Sprint Car Series Tour as he battled for the Rookie of the Year. During his time on the Tour, he was able to grab some solid results which included a top-5 & 3 top-10's.
With him & Kyler being two of the younger guys running with the series, they naturally became friends over the course of the season. At one point in the season, Kyler had mentioned renting out their Midget for Chili Bowl & from there on, they'd quickly put things into motion.
"Racing on the national tour every week CT was one of the only guys my age. With me driving for Todd Henry we were planning on renting our family owned midget out to someone during chili bowl," Kyler stated. "Well one race we mentioned it to him that we were renting it & he hopped on board. We’re looking forward to running it with CT. He’s a talented young driver who knows how to keep his nose clean."
It's going to be an exciting & busy Chili Bowl for Kyler Johnson Racing. Kyler will be running the Todd Henry owned Midget, while also having Christopher in the Kyler Johnson Racing #45x Midget. The Chili Bowl takes place from January 8th-13th.
Kyler would like to thank his sponsors; Better Built Hay Trailers, Mann Cattle Company, Herl Farms Tony & Laura, T&T Chemical Inc., Pathway AG, Kaiser Angus, Hot Rods, Equity Bank, Double Diamond Farms, Smoky Hill AG, Swindell Speed Lab, Riedel Land & Cattle, Napoleon, Map INC Midwest AG Professionals, BLE Farms, Portable Kitchen, 5B Seed, and McDonalds.
Next Race: Chili Bowl
2023 stats: 35 races, 29 features, 1 wins, 5 top-5's, 16!top-10's