NHRA Kurt Johnson Friday Update: KJ's First Day with His New Car Nets a Seventh in Brainerd

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 KJ's First Day with His New Car Nets a Seventh in Brainerd

 

Event:  25th Annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals

Day/Date: Friday, August 11, 2006

Location:  Brainerd International Raceway, Brainerd, MN

 

Kurt Johnson had a successful first day of competition with his new
ACDelco Cobalt, making two solid passes during Friday's first day of
qualifying for the Lucas Oil Nationals in Brainerd, MN.  After opening
with a 6.802-second, 202.45 mph attempt in the afternoon session at
Brainerd International Raceway, Johnson came back in the early evening
with an even better 6.770-second, 203.68 mph pass to claim the seventh
position midway through the qualifying procedure.

 

 "This ACDelco Cobalt has a totally different combination from what the
other car had, and it's fighting me a little bit.  For example, we've
made a few adjustments and it's still wanting to pull to the right.
Even so, it made a pretty decent run tonight, and if we can improve in
the bottom half, we should be in good shape.  For example, we were off a
couple hundredths in the first three hundred feet alone, and if we're
able to pick that up, that .77 becomes a .75.  It's just a matter of
executing, so we'll make some changes to see if we can fix this thing
and put it at the top of the chart."

 

 

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