NHRA Kurt Johnson Friday Update: Opening in Eighth, KJ Looks to Climb Higher on Saturday in Richmond

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Opening in Eighth, KJ Looks to Climb Higher on Saturday in Richmond

 

Event:  2nd Annual Torco Race Fuels NHRA Nationals

Day/Date: Friday, October 5, 2007

Location:  Virginia Motorsports Park, Dinwiddie, Virginia

 

For ACDelco Cobalt pilot Kurt Johnson as well as all the competitors and
officials at Virginia Motorsports Park, Friday's first day of qualifying
at the Torco Race Fuels Nationals provided its share of challenges.
After a lengthy afternoon rain shower passed through the area, the
NHRA's Safety Safari worked diligently for several hours to restore the
track to racing condition.  This delay eventually limited the
professional categories to only one attempt, which, coupled with the
extreme humidity, sent tuners scrambling to find the right tune-up to
traverse the tricky surface.

 

Johnson was finally able to take to the track on Friday evening, and
used the opportunity to cover the quarter-mile in 6.689 seconds with a
top speed of 206.45 mph.  Sitting eighth with two attempts remaining, he
viewed his opening effort as a solid foundation on which he could build.

 

"We've got one run in the books, with nothing too exciting to report.
Considering the amount of work they had to do to get it back in shape,
the track wasn't too bad.  We did find some parts breakage after the
run, which we can fix without a problem.  That will help us step up our
ACDelco Cobalt's performance in the day time on Saturday, allowing us to
be in one of the top four spots by tomorrow afternoon." 

 

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