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 TOMMY
JOHNSON JR HIGHLIGHTS SECOND DAY OF TESTING AS TEAMS PREPARE FOR
WINTERNATIONALS
Story by NHRA
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VEGAS – Tommy Johnson Jr. topped the Funny Car field during the second
day of testing at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Headliners of the NHRA POWERade Series – including category rookie
Ashley Force - completed another fruitful test session on Saturday,
gathering valuable information as the clock ticks closer to the opening
day of the 47th annual CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals, Feb.
8-11. The event, at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, Calif. is the first of
23 events in the $50 million POWERade Series.
Johnson Jr. turned in a 5.018-second, planned half-pass at 219.26 mph in
his new Skoal Racing Chevy Impala SS.
“I’m elated with how testing is going so far,” said Johnson Jr., adding
that his crew has invested hours of work into figuring out the new body.
“That’s the fastest I’ve ever ran at half-track. I’m extremely pleased
with what we have so far. We were probably on a 4.6-something run. It’s
showing all the signs of what we thought it would do.”
This season professional drivers will vie for valuable points toward
NHRA POWERade world championship titles in the multitiered Countdown to
the Championship.
Utilizing the final-elimination-round concept synonymous with the sport
of NHRA POWERade Drag Racing, where winners move on and losers go home,
the NHRA POWERade Countdown to the Championship features three distinct
periods during the 23-race NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series when
competitors will be eliminated from the championship hunt in a
playoff-style format.
Johnson Jr.’s first new Impala body was waiting for him in the shop when
he returned from the Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals
last fall.
In Top Fuel, Bob Vandergriff paced the pack with a 4.78 at 236.17 in his
UPS Top Fuel dragster.
Saturday's best runs, listed in order of elapsed time, in Top Fuel at
the NHRA Nitro Blast-off:
1 12 Bob Vandergriff, Alpharetta GA, McKinney-BAE 4.780 236.17 236.17
2 104 Clay Millican, Drummonds TN, Hadman-BAE 4.879 213.40 213.40
3 4 David Grubnic, Ypsilanti MI, Attac-TFX 4.940 212.83 212.83
4 763 Hillary Will, Ypsilanti MI, Attac-TFX 5.234 183.27 183.27
5 1301 Doug Foley, Sewell NJ, McKinney-TFX 7.905 99.96 99.96
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