Name:

KURT JOHNSON

NHRA PRO STOCK TRACK FACTS
ACDELCO CHEVY COBALT

SUMMARY

Since making his Pro Stock debut in 1993, Johnson has 13 top-five and 16 top-10 points finishes in the final points standings. The northeast Georgia resident has also won at least one race every year since 1995 (the longest current streak in NHRA Pro Stock), and his 508 career round wins are second only to his father, six-time NHRA Pro Stock champ Warren Johnson, among full-time, active Pro Stock drivers. The NHRA Rookie of the Year in 1993, Johnson has averaged a 4th-place points finish over the last 16 years. Johnson's win at St. Louis in last year gave him the most victories ever by a Pro Stock driver in a Chevrolet (breaking a tie of 26 wins he held with the legendary Lee Shepherd), and it also gave him at least one win every season for the last 14 years.

Residence:Lawrenceville, Ga.
Born: March 23, 1963
2009 car: ACDelco Chevy Cobalt
Engine: WJ Enterprises GM DRCE3 500 cubic inches
Crew chief: Kurt Johnson
Career wins/final rounds: 39/74
Most recent win: Brainerd, 2008
2009 round wins/losses: 4/6 (.400)
2009 Full Throttle NHRA standings: 8^th
2009 wins/final rounds: 0/1
2008 round wins/losses: 40/21 (.660)
2008 Final NHRA standings: 3^rd
2008 wins/finals rounds: 3/6
Career round wins/losses: 508/298 (.630)
2008 No. 1 qualifying awards: 2
Career No. 1 qualifying awards: 29
Most recent No. 1 qualifier: Charlotte, 2008
Career-best elapsed time: 6.559 seconds (Richmond, 2008)
Career-best top speed: 210.54 mph (Houston, 2009)

CAREER

Named 1993 NHRA Rookie of the Year
First NHRA Pro Stock driver to make a run quicker than seven seconds with pass of 6.988 seconds on May 20, 1994, in Englishtown, N.J. Earned $25,000 for becoming first member of NHRA Holley 6-Second Pro Stock Club.
Became the third member of the Speed-Pro 200 mph Pro Stock Club with 200.13 mph run at the 1998 Gatornationals
Won a career-best 49 rounds in 2003 and never lost a first-round match-up
Has 13 top-five and 16 top-10 finishes in NHRA Pro Stock points standings
Has won at least one NHRA national event every year since 1995, the longest streak among active Pro Stock drivers. Has won at least one race every year of his career (started in 1993) with the exception of 1994.
Finished second in points four times (1993, 2000, 2003, 2005) and third five times (1995, 1997-1999, 2008)

2009 HIGHLIGHTS

Runner-up at Phoenix
Ran career-best speed at Houston and qualified No. 2.

2008 HIGHLIGHTS

Runner-up at season-ending Pomona 2
Ran career-best e.t. and speed at Richmond
Runner-up at inaugural Charlotte race � No. 1 qualifier
Won Brainerd
Won Chicago
Won St. Louis � became the most-winning Chevy Pro Stock driver of all time breaking a tie he held with Lee Shepherd.
Runner-up and No. 1 qualifier at Houston. Ran track-record e.t. of 6.638 seconds.
Clinched spot in Countdown to 1 championship playoff and 15th consecutive career top-10 points finish.

NATIONAL EVENT FINAL-ROUND RECORD

2009 � Phoenix (Runner-up)
2008 � St. Louis, Chicago, Brainerd (Win); Houston, Charlotte, Pomona 2 (Runner-up)
2007 � Phoenix (Win); Reading (Runner-up)
2006 � Las Vegas, Chicago, Memphis (Win); Topeka (Runner-up)
2005 � St. Louis, Seattle, Brainerd, Las Vegas (Win); Columbus, Sonoma, Memphis (Runner-up)
2004 � Phoenix (Win); Las Vegas, Topeka, Englishtown (Runner-up)
2003 � Gainesville, Houston, Bristol, Joliet (Win); Las Vegas 1, Topeka, Brainerd, Indianapolis, Las Vegas 2, Pomona 2 (Runner-up)
2002 � Pomona 2 (Win); Houston (Runner-up)
2001 � Pomona (Win); Denver (Runner-up)
2000 � Denver, Sonoma, Brainerd, Reading, Houston, Pomona (Win)
1999 � Phoenix, Houston, Seattle (Win); Gainesville, Sonoma (Runner-up)
1998 � St. Louis, Reading (Win); Dallas, Seattle, Memphis (Runner-up)
1997 � Brainerd, Indianapolis, Pomona (Win); Pomona, Atlanta, Richmond, Denver (Runner-up)
1996 � Atlanta, Indianapolis (Win); Seattle, Dallas (Runner-up)
1995 � Denver, Dallas (Win)
1993 � Seattle, Reading, Dallas (Win); Atlanta, Englishtown, Columbus, Pomona (Runner-up)