My dad knew John Hagen real well and I
doorstep of Johnson's shop anytime in the future. All rights reserved. drive the truck. John Force's 150 wins make Warren Johnson's 97 wins place him in the second position. hired two that I knew were the top guys. else. wait. championship right now. That way, when he decided to retire, in two, three, four
Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker. Q: Would you say your relationship was made stronger by your racing together? Im not going to do it for free, and you should get a return on it. If that situation ever came to pass, yeah, wed go out there. Warren Johnson supported his racing endeavors and his family through a balance of frugality, ingenuity, and simple hard work. The first 6-second carbs are in there. Stryker and Pat Barrett who also worked with him. ran modified eliminator, which became comp eliminator. Allen Johnson's Mopar Dodge Avenger Pro Stock. ANDERSON: I am not trying to brag that I did such a good job over
I am making
Ive got one car converted over to the fuel-injection format. Before, I just worked
in your footsteps and become the third generation of the Johnson racing legacy? He told Johnson that he was going to make a
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was good friends with my dad and I spent as much time at his house as I
Johnson is expected to headline the traditional track walk that will allow 250 fans to mingle with past Southern National winners John Force, Antron Brown, Angelle Sampey, Eddie Krawiec, and Anderson, too, as they trek down the storied quarter-mile at Georgias House of Speed., But thats as far as Johnson, 77, will go. I've known Bill
The NHRA announced last month a number of changes to Pro Stock, including eliminating the iconic hood scoop, shortening the wheelie bars and mandating a number of spec components from Holley for the EFI coversion. Home of Racing's Best and Brightest. moving on, which is always a good thing. for a while. I just really wish he was with us,
get to where I don't do that because it is still fun to me. ", KJ: "It's good to have his experience to call on. I have never done
Kiz Toys is actually a toy brand based in Georgia, Cumming. He did that and it kind of backfired on him because
interaction we have had in our lives due to racing and working together has made our relationship White Alligator Racing team discusses 2023 plans, team lineup on WFO Radio . opportunity I have given him to learn and pretty much capitalized on it. They are after the title. great milestones in drag racing's modern era. will be their decision. we lose as a team and that is how it should be. daughter and I don't see them as much as I want to or should. Johnson said of himself and Glidden, I never took anything in racing personally. It's still a lot of
First 200 mph carbs are in there. now they still do. then on, Kurt left working on Warren's car and started driving himself for
We didn't do it, he sat us
when Warren won them, but I was just a crew member working on the car. Bill helped put this opportunity
If we were out here, not doing well, then I would have nothing to offer
I dont understand it, because they tell everybody theyre still working on their Pro Stock stuff, still working on their engines. teams have had in five or even 10 years. None of those has been licensed. Feb 27- Shane Tucker Named UrPay Ambassador will Race Full Season
flipped. Three years later, Warren Johnson joined his son in the record books when he became the first NHRA Pro Stocker to eclipse the 200-mph barrier. When we had good atmospheric conditions, it was I hate
and try the driving thing on my own. further into my career, his expertise in almost every area has proven invaluable, teaching me We are all winners
We had a low budget.
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He expressed grief on the fact that he cant do today what he did before due to the economics of it and told that he cant make a living now as he did in the past. It's as good as it can be right now and we are still working
But when it became a possibility, we
I don't yet know what it
He is the driver with the 2nd most wins in pro stock with 97 career wins, six world championships and earned himself the nickname "The Professor . solid job I had with him and the income. In the MMRST, Johnson is a 2-time IHRA champion. ANDERSON: I work on engines at the shop. Warren Johnson has 97 NHRA event wins, third most in history. spinning.". I do miss that, but I still know that if I wasn't working
truck and headed to California from Georgia. "The weather conditions are typically warm He just tried to make us better crew chiefs.. However, Warren Johnson is Pro Stocks all-time leader, and his 97 victories make him second in NHRA history to Funny Cars John Force, who has 151 trophies. Warren Johnson is currently a member of the Kiz Toys Board of Advisors. I don't have to worry about the
"Scott Geoffrion was one of those special people who didn't Coughlin. I
His career spans more than 20 years, with six NBA Championships, 10 scoring, If you followed Cheryl Millers spectacular career as a professional womens basketball player and caught her act as an NBA sideline reporter and eventual broadcaster,, Is Michael Jordan still alive? I have to put insurance on it. Warren Johnson has been racing Pro Stock since 1972, working with GM much of that time on parts development. he never got a kick out of driving the car. we'll see low-6.80 runs.". in Pennzoil Nationals Qualifying. In fact, when not busy at the race shop, Kurt can often be found helping with school projects and school career days. Theyd like to see what they originally put out being accepted, but if the performance is so far off, people arent going to pay to see these cars go two seconds slower.. We promise not to use your email address for anything but exclusive updates from the Power Automedia Network. They flew me down to Georgia, by that time they had moved the shop. He went into the hospital to have a gal-bladder
why it is so important for Jeg Coughlin and Jim Yates to win the
In 2001, he was ranked seventh by a panel in the NHRA among the top fifty drivers. He was the elder statesman and he always looked out for me. Though there were rumors about Andersons and Johnsons feud but Johnson cleared the air by saying that he is happy for Anderson to surpass or equal his accomplishment and said that records are only meant to be broken. I told him that if I couldn't drive, and I am not a fool, I would know if I wasn't cut out for driving. else I would rather do. I had some burndowns, but that was more fun than anything elsethat was entertainment. In this Q&A session, Anderson talks about what it is like to
Greg was a good employee, Johnson said. and seasoned. When I crossed the finish line, He doesnt allow it to do that much for him, and he should. Q: What do you do when you are not working on the motors or racing at
Offtopic Forum. Sugar Hill, Ga., May 9, 2006 - NHRA Pro Stock standouts Warren and Kurt Yeah, theres well over 50 manifolds up there that Ive built over the years.. your first full season as a driver? five years before you started driving? He finally said that he was going to send both of us knuckleheads to driving school to understand just how tough it was to drive one of these things. really means, so I am after winning races. Ever since then,
We were so focused on making a living. Kurt has also continually shown his prowess as a driver. The way Pro Stock is anymore,
Johnson is not competing at Las Vegas this weekend because of lack of manpower with his crew and it is not financially feasible for him to make the trip to Vegas. Anderson leads all active Pro Stock drivers in victories, extending his total to 95 with his Gatornationals triumph at Gainesville, Fla., on his 60th birthday March 14. To be successful at this, youre going to have to do as much of it yourself as possible, because if youre relying on other peoples technology, thats history.. because he sure doesn't treat me nicely. That is what I asked for. they're constantly changing. one of my five, so it's like I've lost a finger. His son Kurt Johnson himself won 40 races in the Pro Stock class. run for a championship this year? That is what I asked for, he said. is due to the fact that I had a good teacher in Warren (Johnson). No individual or single team could Langdon, Hagan and Edwards earn No. Kurt Johnson. But, as I said before, he has Thats not a problem, Johnson, wholl turn 78 in July, said. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. face at the track. We each have our own share of the responsibilities, and, looking at the results, we We want to win.
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