Allen Johnson held on to fourth place in the point standings for the Countdown to the Championship, despite a first-round exit today at the Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals.
Qualified No. 5, Johnson took on No. 12 qualifier Ron Krisher in the opening round of eliminations, but Johnson suffered tire shake at the hit of the throttle, slowing him to a 13.125-second finish at 65.97 mph, while Krisher sailed on to a 6.773/205.66 and the victory.
“The track was just really good and we just wadded the tire up and it shook. It just got us, ” said Johnson.
“We’ll stay fourth, so we’ll go testing next week in Michigan and work with the new engine Dad (Roy Johnson) has about got ready and start the Countdown.
“We ran bad at Brainerd and we ran bad here for three runs, and we found our problem. So now the car is fast again. “
Next up on the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series schedule is the U. S. Nationals at O’Reilly Raceway Park outside of Indianapolis, Aug. 29-Sept. 3, where the Countdown to Four begins.
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