QUICKFACTS
Category: Pro Stock
2009 car: Summit Racing Equipment Pontiac GXP
Crew chief: Rob Downing
Team owner: Ken Black
2009 wins/final rounds: 2/4
Career wins/final rounds: 59/86
Best points finish: 1st (2003-'05)
First start: Columbus 1998
First victory: Bristol 2001
First No. 1 qualifying position: Atlanta 2001
Career No. 1 qualifying awards: 73
Career-best elapsed time: 6.528 (Pomona 1, 2009) National Record
Career-best speed: 211.49 (Gainesville, 2007)
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Residence: Concord, N.C.
Hometown: Duluth, Minn.
Date of birth: March 14, 1961
Wife: Kim
Daughter: Brittany (7/13/90)
Son: Cody (8/24/98)
Height/weight: 5'11", 190lbs.
Hobbies: Golf; boating; watching football, basketball, and hockey
Notable: Served as a crew member and crew chief for Warren Johnson during four of Johnson's six NHRA POWERade Pro Stockworld championships
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
2008: Finished in Full Throttle Series top three for seventh consecutive time. Earned six victories including Pomona 1 and Pomona 2. Runner-up in the NHRA K&N Horsepower Challenge.
2007: Competed in inaugural Countdown to 4 and Countdown to 1. Finished in POWERade Series top three for sixth consecutive time. Earned 50th consecutive career win. Passed Joe Amato for fifth place on career No. 1 qualifiers. Established national record for
time (6.536).
2006: Finished in the Powerade Series top three for the fifth consectutive time; Passed the 300 mark for career round wins (305); Earned four victories inseven final-round appeareances including U.S. Nationals; Qualified No. 1 at 11 events; Clocked first 6.5-second run at Richmond
2005: Clinched his third consecutive Pro Stock world championship; Earned eight victories in 11 final-round appearances; Clocked national record performances for elapsed time (6.633 seconds) and speed (208.23 mph) at Gainesville, Fla.; Was the No. 1 qualifier at seven events
2004: Earned his second consecutive NHRA POWERade Pro Stock world championship; Claimed an NHRA record 15 event victories; Earned the most No. 1 qualifying awards in one season (16) in NHRA history; Set the national record for time and speed (Chicago 2); Recorded the most elimination round wins in NHRA history (76); Appeared in the most final rounds in one season in NHRA history (19); Moved into the No. 4 spot on all-time win list in Pro Stock history; Earned the Pro Stock championship by the largest margin of victory in history (742 points); Moved from 29th to 13th place on the all-time Pro Stock wins list; Set 20 track records; Has been the Pro Stock points leader since Columbus 2003; Earned third Mac Tools U.S. Nationals victory; Won the King Demon Crown bonus event worth $50,000 – also won Topeka, earning the double-up bonus from NHRA worth an additional $25,000; Voted national motorsports Driver of the Year in balloting by nationwide motorsports media
2003: Earned his first NHRA POWERade Pro Stock championship; won a Pro Stock record 12 events; earned an NHRA record 67 round wins; set the national record for time and speed; recorded 19 track records; earned 14 No. 1 qualifying spots; was one of only two Pro Stock drivers to qualify for all 23 national events
2002: Earned two victories and two No. 1 qualifying spots in his first full season of racing
2001: Won first career NHRA national event (Bristol); Recorded first career No. 1 qualifying position (Atlanta); Won at Indianapolis
2000: Recorded the best average reaction time in Pro Stock, 0.435-of-a-second
1999: Became seventh member of the Speed Pro 200-mph Pro Stock Club with a 200.11-mph pass (Richmond)
1998: Began Pro Stock driving career
