NHRA Update: Fast Facts on Warren Johnson's Phoenix Win

 

The following are a few fast facts on Warren Johnson and the GM
Performance Parts GTO Racing team's dramatic win in this past weekend's
Checker Schuck's Kragen NHRA Nationals in Phoenix, AZ:

 

*      This was the 96th NHRA national event win of Warren Johnson's
career, which is the most in the history of Pro Stock, and second only
to John Force for the most among all NHRA professional categories.

 

*      This was Warren's third win at Firebird Raceway.  WJ's previous
wins in Arizona came in 1998 & 2001.

 

*      This was WJ's first win of the year.  He has now recorded at
least one national event win in 24 of the last 25 years.

 

*      This was Warren's first win in six career starts (out of a total
of 446) from the 11th starting position.  The only time he won from a
lower starting spot came in 2003, when he won in Reading after
qualifying 14th.

 

*      This was Warren Johnson's 149th final round appearance, which is
also the most in Pro Stock History.  It was also his seventh final at
Firebird Raceway.

 

*      Warren's 207.08 mph top speed recorded in qualifying was the
fastest speed recorded in Pro Stock during the weekend, marking the
140th time he has posted the top speed of the event in his career.  This
also reset the Firebird Raceway Pro Stock top speed track record.

 

*      This was WJ's first win with his "young gun" crew, which includes
Dain Schwan, 23, Adam Drzayich, 23 and Mike Smith, the senior member of
the crew at 29.

 

*      This was WJ's first win in a Pontiac GTO, which he first raced
last August in Brainerd, MN.  His most recent win prior to this weekend
came in last year's Mile-High Nationals, in Denver, CO, when he was
behind the wheel of his GM Performance Parts Grand Am.