QUICK FACTS
Category: Pro Stock
2009 car: K&N Filters Pontiac GTO
Crew chief: Warren Johnson
Team owner: Warren Johnson
2009 wins/final rounds: 0/0
Career wins/final rounds: 96/150
Best points finish: 1st (1992 - '93, 1995, 1998 - '99, 2001)
First start: Indianapolis 1971
First victory: Englishtown 1982
First No. 1 qualifying position: Columbus 1978
Career No. 1 qualifying awards: 138
Career-best elapsed time: 6.587 seconds (Gainesville 2007)
Career-best speed: 210.37 (Richmond, 2008)
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Residence: Buford, Ga.
Hometown: Virginia, Minn.
Date of birth: July 7, 1943
Wife: Arlene
Son: Kurt (3/23/63)
Height/weight: 5’6:, 160 lbs.
Hobby: Work and spending time with his grandchildren
Notable: Winningest Pro Stock driver in NHRA history with 96 career victories; Son Kurt also competes in Pro Stock
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
2008: Recorded career best in speed. Was the No. 1 qualifier at Gainesville and Bristol. Earned the top speed of the event at 14 races.
2007: Competed in the inaugural Countdown to 4. Posted career-best time and speed.
2006: Reached his 500th career race at Pomona 2; Drove to the winner's circle in Phoenix.
2005: Earned three wins in five final-round appearances; Earned six No. 1 qualifiers; Surpassed 800 mark for career round wins (818); Extended his streak of earning a final-round appearance at least once in a season to 24 consecutive years
2004: A runner-up finish at Pomona 1 extended his streak of earning a final round appearance at least once in a season to 23 consecutive years
2003: 22nd consecutive finish in the top five of the Pro Stock standings; established career-best time and speed; has won at least one race every season for 22 consecutive years; his 92 career wins leads all Pro Stock drivers in NHRA history; went 4-0 in final-round appearances
2002: Earned one win and qualified in the No. 1 spot en route to a fourth-place finish; His DNQ at Sonoma ended a 303-race qualifying streak
2001: Won sixth NHRA Pro Stock championship; At Denver, surpassed Bob Glidden as the most prolific Pro Stock driver; Named No. 7 on the NHRA's 50 Greatest Drivers list
2000: Qualified No.1 at five events; Was one of five drivers to qualify at every event
1999: Pro Stock champion for the fifth time overall, second consecutive season; Qualified No. 1 at 15 events; Was the No. 1 seed in the NHRA King Demon Crown for the sixth consecutive year; First driver in NHRA history to record top speed at every national event; Scored 75th national event victory (Seattle)
1998: Pro Stock champion; Won a career-best 56 elimination rounds; Recorded top speed at 21 of 22 events; Finished in the top five of the NHRA points standings for the 17th consecutive season, breaking the NHRA record set by Pro Stock legend Bob Glidden; Scored 100th No. 1 qualifying position (Memphis)
1997: Became the first Pro Stock driver in NHRA history to exceed 200 mph with a pass of 200.13 mph at Richmond and earned a $25,000 bonus from Speed Pro for the historic run; Became the first driver in NHRA history to make a sub-6.9 second pass when he clocked at 6.894-second run at Richmond
1996: Won the non-points NHRA Invitational; Qualified No. 1 eight times
1995: Pro Stock champion; Led Pro Stock with seven victories, nine final rounds and 14 No. 1 qualifying positions; Won the King Demon Crown bonus event; Won at Indianapolis for the fourth consecutive year; Scored 50th national event victory (Seattle)
1993: Pro Stock champion, leading the Pro Stock point standings for the entire season; Won nine events
1992: Won first NHRA Pro Stock championship with eight victories in nine final-round appearances
1991: Scored five victories in 11 final rounds in 1991; Qualified No. 1 at eight events; Became the first international Pro Stock champion when he traveled to Japan and defeated a contingent of American and Japanese Pro Stock drivers
1990: No. 1 qualifier at six events; Runner-up in the Pro Stock bonus event; Reached 40th career final round at Denver
1989: Reached the 20-career victory plateau with win at Dallas; Runner-up in the Pro Stock bonus event
1986: First Pro Stock driver to exceed 190 mph (190.07, at Indianapolis)
1982: First Pro Stock driver to surpass 180 mph (181.08, at Fremont)
