Kurt Johnson NHRA Friday Update: Friday Night in Vegas finds KJ Sitting Fifth

Friday Night in Vegas finds KJ Sitting Fifth

 

Event:  7th Annual Summitracing.com Nationals

Day/Date: Friday, April 7, 2006

Location:  The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV

 

The first day of qualifying for the Summitracing.com Nationals was
completed on Friday, with each of the professional categories having two
attempts on The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.  Kurt Johnson and the
ACDelco Cobalt Racing team took advantage of the opportunity and made
two good runs, with their best effort of 6.803 seconds at 202.94 mph
earning them the provisional fifth starting position.  Heading into
Saturday's final twin attempts, Johnson looked to get an even better
handle on the tricky Nevada quarter-mile. 

 

"Our first run was solid, just the way you want to get the weekend
started.  We had a good sixty-foot time, our ACDelco Cobalt went
straight, and even with a slight problem with a vacuum pump battery, we
were right near the top of the page. 

 

"We had our sights set on getting the pole, but unfortunately, the track
didn't give us what we wanted in the evening session.  We knew the
surface had cooled by 30 degrees after the sun went down, so we threw
two or three different things at it in anticipation of its being better.
We used data from our test session here earlier in the year, but the
rubber that was on the track in January and what we ran on today were
two completely different types.  As a result, it just didn't hold.
Fortunately, the rest of the weekend is going to be in sunshine, so
we'll regroup and get ourselves ready for race day."