QUICK FACTS
Category: Pro Stock
2009 car: ACDelco Chevrolet Cobalt
Crew chief: Kurt Johnson
Team owner: Kurt Johnson
2009 wins/final rounds: 0/1
Career wins/final rounds: 39/74
Best points finish: 2nd (1993, 2000, '03, '05)
First start: Pomona 1 1993
First victory: Seattle 1993
First No. 1 qualifying position: Englishtown 1994
Career No. 1 qualifying awards: 29
Career-best elapsed time: 6.559 (Richmond, 2008)
Career-best speed: 210.11 (Richmond, 2008)
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Residence: Buford, Ga.
Hometown: Virginia, Minn.
Date of birth: March 23, 1963
Wife: Kathy
Sons: Conner (11/4/96), Jarrett (2/15/00)
Daughter: Erin (6/30/98)
Height/weight: 5’9”, 180 lbs.
Hobbies: Going to the gym and spending time with his wife and children
Notable: His father, Warren Johnson, is a six-time Pro Stock world champion who remains successful on the circuit today.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
2008: Finished in Full Throttle Series Top 10 for the 16th consecutive time; has never finished outside the top 10 in his career. Recorded career-best time and speed at Richmond. Extended his streak of winning at least one race per season to 14 consecutive years.
2007: Competed in the inaugural Countdown to 4. Finished in the POWERade Series top ten for the 15th consecutive time. Extended his streak of winning at least one race per season to 13 consecutive years. Recorded career best time.
2006: Finished in the POWERade Series top five for the 12th time; Extended his streak of winning at least one event per season to 12 consecutive years.
2005: Posted career-best time and speed; Extended his streak of winning at least one event in a season to 11 consecutive years; Earned four wins in seven final-round appearances; Earned four No. 1 qualifiers
2004: Earned the victory at Phoenix, extending his streak of winning at least one race per season to 10 years; Was one of just four Pro Stock drivers to earn a victory; Has finished in the POWERade Top 10 in each professional season dating back to 1993
2003: Earned four wins in 10 final rounds; recorded career-best numbers in time and speed; has earned at least one victory for nine consecutive seasons; earned a career-best 1,754 points; has finished in the top 10 of the standings in each year of his career; has qualified in the No. 1 spot at one national event for nine consecutive seasons; won a career-best 49 rounds and never lost in the first round
2002: Used a victory at Pomona 2 to extend his winning streak to eight consecutive seasons
2001: Won at Pomona 1; Runner-up to father Warren at Denver, where Warren surpassed Bob Glidden as Pro StockÕs most prolific driver
2000: Finished in the top five in the Pro Stock point standings for the eighth consecutive season; Finished second in the points for the second time in his career
1998: Became third member of the Speed Pro 200-mph Pro Stock Club with a run of 200.13 mph at Gainesville
1994: Became first Pro Stock driver to make a run quicker than seven seconds with a pass of 6.988 seconds on May 20, 1994
1993: NHRA Rookie of the Year
