___ Mopar Max Magazine ___ Volume V, Issue 7 - July 2010
___ Mopar Max Magazine ___ Volume V, Issue 7 - July 2010
___ Mopar Max Magazine ___ Volume V, Issue 7 - July 2010
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<strong>Volume</strong> V, <strong>Issue</strong> 7 <strong>July</strong> 6, <strong>2010</strong><br />
A COUPLE OF DAYS LATE, BUT STILL WORTH WATCHING<br />
[07/06/10]<br />
JOHNSON CLAIMS RUNNER-UP AT NORWALK, LOCKS IN SPOT IN<br />
COUNTDOWN<br />
Team <strong>Mopar</strong> NHRA Full Throttle<br />
Drag Racing Series Pro Stock<br />
driver Allen Johnson made the<br />
20th final round appearance of his<br />
career and came away with a<br />
runner-up finish on Sunday, June<br />
27, at the Summit Racing<br />
Equipment NHRA Nationals at<br />
Summit Motorsports Park in<br />
Norwalk, Ohio.<br />
The <strong>Mopar</strong> Dodge Avenger driver<br />
squared off against Greg<br />
Anderson in the finals at Summit Motorsports Park, but strayed out of the groove midway down the track to watch<br />
his opponent take the win light. It was Johnson’s third runner-up finish of the season and provides momentum as<br />
the team prepares to head off on a three-race Western Swing.<br />
It was an all-HEMI matchup in the semifinals, as the Team <strong>Mopar</strong> Dodge Avenger went against the <strong>Mopar</strong>powered<br />
Dodge Avenger of V. Gaines. Johnson easily advanced as Gaines slowed to a 6.976-second, 204.05mph<br />
run vs. 6.740/206.01 for Johnson.<br />
Johnson’s journey through the first two rounds of eliminations was not as easy. Rookie Shane Gray beat Johnson<br />
off the starting line in the first round, but the Team <strong>Mopar</strong> driver ran him down to win by approximately eight inches<br />
on a 6.718-second elapsed time at 206.16 mph. Johnson then had to run down Greg Stanfield in the quarterfinals,<br />
but ended up with a more substantial win margin of 15 feet on a 6.734/205.69 pass.<br />
By virtue of his first round win over Gray, Johnson became the second Pro Stock driver to clinch a spot in the<br />
Countdown to 1 playoffs. He joins point leader Mike Edwards with locked-in spots with four races remaining in the<br />
17-race regular season, which runs through the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals in Brainerd Aug. 12-15 and sets 10driver<br />
fields for the six-race Countdown. The playoffs begin at the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals and conclude at the<br />
Automobile Club of Southern California World Finals in mid-November. (Tom Schiltz photo) [07/06/10]<br />
<strong>Mopar</strong> Memos - <strong>Mopar</strong><strong>Max</strong>.com
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