ALLEN JOHNSON -- TORCO RACING FUELS NHRA NATIOALS 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… Torco Racing Fuels NHRA Nationals/Virginia Motorsports Park * Enters this weekend’s event ranked sixth in the NHRA POWERade Pro Stock Series points race. * Earned his first NHRA Pro Stock Series victory at VMS in 1999, defeating current teammate Richie Stevens, Jr., in the final round. PRE-EVENT QUOTES… “I won my first race at Richmond in 1999; we’d love to repeat that day again this weekend. We have a good feeling about the end of the season, we’re just going to have to break out of this first round/quarterfinals slump we’ve been in. We need to get to the semifinals and gain some points in the next few events. We’re working to finish in the Top-five in points.�?? “I’ve never won two races in a season, I’d love to get our second win this weekend. We’ve worked really hard all season and had a good year. Dad’s [Roy Johnson] got our engines running really well right now and Mark [Ingersoll] and the guys have worked hard to put us in this position. We really want to win one of the last three races and I think we should be contenders for all of them.�?? 2006 STAT TRACKS… * Earned one victory in NHRA POWERade Pro Stock Series competition thus far in 2006; winning in Seattle. * Has made six semi-final round appearances in 2006. * Has made four quarterfinal and nine first round appearances. * Has earned No. 1 qualifier honors twice in 2006; Columbus (May) & Englishtown (June.) * Won/Loss Record for 2006 stands at 20/19. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS… * Has four career victories in NHRA POWERade Pro Stock Series competition. * Has made 21 semifinal appearances, 30 quarterfinal and 81 first round appearances to date. * Johnson has earned two No. 1 qualifier positions in his career. * Won/Loss record stands at 103/137 entering this weekend’s event. TV SCHEDULE… ESPN2 Schedule Oct. 7 10:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m. Qualifying Oct. 8 7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. Eliminations Oct. 9 2:30 a.m.-4:30 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)