ALLEN JOHNSON -- INDIANAPOLIS PREVIEW
(http://www.moparspeed.com/) ALLEN JOHNSON J&J RACING MOPAR J&J RACING DODGE STRATUS R/T _WWW.MOPARSPEED.COM_ (http://www.moparspeed.com/) _WWW.ALLENJOHNSON.COM_ (http://www.allenjohnson.com/) (http://www.moparspeed.com/) TRACK STATS… 52nd ANNUAL MAC TOOLS U.S. NATIONALS/O’REILLY RACEWAY PARK @ Indianapolis * Finished 4th at ORP in 2005, was defeated by Greg Anderson in the semifinals. (Defeated Greg Stanfield first round, defeated Dave Howard in the quarterfinals.) * Enters this weekend’s event ranked seventh in the NHRA POWERade Pro Stock Series points race. PRE-EVENT QUOTES… "We'd love to get back to the semifinals or break into the final round this year. If we qualify well, get lane choice and have a little bit of luck go our way, we should be in good shape. We've been qualifying well and our Roy Johnson built engines have been making great power in the past few weeks. We're looking forward to heading to Indy this weekend." “The U.S. Nationals are such a huge event. Some people say that if when you retire you’ve won a championship, you’ve had a good career. But if you’ve won a championship and the U.S. Nationals, you’ve had a great career. With all the prestige that surrounds the event, it would be a tremendous honor to be able to say we’ve won the U.S. Nationals.�?? 2006 STAT TRACKS… * Earned one victory in NHRA POWERade Pro Stock Series competition thus far in 2006; winning in Seattle. * Has made five semi-final round appearances in 2006. * Has made three quarterfinal and eight first round appearances. * Has earned No. 1 qualifier honors twice in 2006; Columbus (May) & Englishtown (June.) * Won/Loss Record for 2006 stands at 17/16. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS… * Has four career victories in NHRA POWERade Pro Stock Series competition. * Has made 20 semifinal appearances, 29 quarterfinal and 80 first round appearances to date. * Johnson has earned two No. 1 qualifier positions in his career. * Won/Loss record stands at 100/134 entering the Indianapolis event. TV SCHEDULE… ESPN2 Schedule Sept. 2 11:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m. Qualifying Sept. 3 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Qualifying Sept. 3 11:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m. Qualifying Sept. 4 12:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Eliminations Sept. 4 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Eliminations Sept. 7 3:00 a.m.-5:00 a.m. Repeat Eliminations POST-EVENT RECAP… * Post event information can be found at _www.moparspeed.com_ (http://www.moparspeed.com/) after each event. The weekly e-zine is updated each Monday with all the latest news about Team Mopar and Allen Johnson. MEDIA CONTACT… Misha Geisert J.R. Thompson Company/Mopar 317-432-4110 Cellular _MoparPR@aol.com_ (mailto:MoparPR@aol.com) PHOTO REQUESTS… Darren Jacobs J.R. Thompson Company/Mopar 248-553-4566 Phone _djacobs@jrthompson.com_ (mailto:djacobs@jrthompson.com)