LIV4Performance

I truly believe packing food for the racetrack is an art form only race moms fully understand.

You need enough to survive the weekend, but not so much that the cooler turns into a science experiment by Sunday. And honestly, it’s incredible what a couple Oreos and a string cheese can do for morale going into second round.

So help a race mom out — what are your must-have snacks for a long weekend at the track?

Bonus points for kid-approved ideas that don’t melt, crumble into dust, or require a full kitchen in the trailer. 😂

Livy brought home the win today again!

Comfort Heating and Air Conditioning Jr Thunder Champion Livia Johnson

My girl 🤩🏁

Comfort Heating & Air Conditioning Jr Thunder Champion Livia Johnson

Saturday update from the Johnson pits: Livy remains the rockstar of the family and brought home another trophy! 🏆

Ainsley had a little mishap and ended up with some slightly bent steering, and Ashley spent the day fighting fueling issues. So basically… a normal race weekend around here.

Today we only get one round of qualifying thanks to the weather, but the air should be good and we’re ready to make it count.

Wish us luck! 🏁🔥

Mufflers? Gone.
Attitude? Found.

The first fire-up had me feeling a little underwhelmed, but Mr. Awesome did what Mr. Awesome does—busted butt, fixed it, and now this thing sounds like it came straight from the pulling track.

All the pipe cars will be headed to Yellowstone Drag Strip this weekend.
Street Car Friday Night & Testing
Saturday & Sunday racing 🏁

Hope to see you there!

LIV4 Performance started in a junkyard.

Not as a brand. Not as a plan.

Just two young parents trying to give our kid an opportunity we never had. We wanted our girls to grow up around motorsports because we knew what this community can do to people.

It pulls you in. It teaches you how to listen, how to learn, how to lose, how to win, and how to show up again when things get hard.

We wanted them to build real confidence. The kind you earn, not the kind you talk about.

Confidence looks like picking up the tool.

Asking the question.

Pulling into the staging lanes while your stomach is doing flips anyway.

That belief became the foundation of LIV4 Performance.

And drag racing has never been just about going fast for us. It’s about what happens in the shop, in the pits, in the staging lanes, and in those quiet talks after a hard day. It’s about handing your kids a challenge and watching them rise.

Sometimes they don’t just rise.

They blow your mind.

We’ve seen it with Livy.

She started as the little girl who would hide behind our legs and cry when things felt too big. Then drag racing started changing her… not all at once, but one hard moment at a time.

One of those moments still makes my chest tight to think about.

Her car hit the wall leaving the track.

We got back to the pit and there were tears. There should’ve been. Fear is real. Disappointment is real. Hard days are real.

But that moment didn’t get the final say.

We put p**p emoji Band-Aids on the car, wiped her face, and she went back out for another pass.

And I remember thinking… this is where it’s built.

Not in the wins.

In the choice to go again.

That was when we realized we weren’t just building a race team.

We were building a place for kids to grow. A place to fail early, fail fast, and learn how to stand back up without being rescued from every hard thing.

Kory has understood that lesson his whole life.

When he was a kid, he started truck pulling with his dad and grandpa. First pass down the track, it was basically, “You’ve got one shot. Produce a paycheck, or go back to playing baseball.”

So he lined up.

And he produced a paycheck.

That story is part of our spine now. Because it teaches something people don’t always understand until they live it.

Sometimes you just need someone to push you out of neutral.

Sometimes the people who love you can see something in you before you can.
And when they do… you’ve got a duty to take the chance and find out if it’s real.

That’s the lesson we want our girls to carry.

You don’t have to know everything before you begin.

You don’t have to feel fearless.

You don’t have to be the biggest person in the room.

You just have to be humble enough to learn, brave enough to ask questions, and willing to line up when your mind is telling you to stay on the sidelines.

And for our girls, that matters.

Because machines don’t care if you’re a boy or a girl. They respond to preparation, respect, and skill. The track doesn’t care if you’re new, nervous, young, or unsure. It will test you either way.

But if you’re willing to learn…

It will shape you.

We know there are families who look at junior drag racing and think it’s too hard to start. Too expensive. Too overwhelming. Too far outside what they know.

We get it.

We didn’t start with a perfect setup either. We started by pulling a car out of a junkyard and figuring it out one step at a time.

That beginning led to a track championship, King of the Track, and a family that found purpose together.

So now we do this part on purpose.

We invite people in.

Come find us at the racetrack. Hang out for a day. Ask questions. Stand with us in the staging lanes. Watch what we do on the starting line.

We’ll tell you what we know.

Because we don’t believe in holding secrets when it comes to junior drag racing.

To us, that’s legacy.

Legacy isn’t just what your family keeps.

It’s what your family passes on.

We wouldn’t be here if the people before us kept their knowledge to themselves. In pulling, we learned from champions who had no reason to help us except that they cared enough about the sport to share. Setup. Driving. The tiny details that make a big difference.

Now we want to be that kind of support for the next family standing there for the first time… wide-eyed, overwhelmed, hoping they belong.

Because the more kids we can help get involved, the stronger this sport becomes.
We’re not here because we had it all figured out.

We’re here because somebody gave us a chance, somebody taught us what they knew, and we kept moving with purpose.

Now it’s our turn to pass it on.

I believe drag racing builds confidence you can’t fake and a legacy you can pass on.

Race cars don’t break the news gently.

Kory got under the car, listened real close, and what she had to say was: pull the tr**ny, reroute the water lines, install new collectors, and don’t forget the trailer needs work too.😧

So anyway… welcome to the thrash fest. Somebody send help. Preferably someone who brings caffeine.☕️