Johnson’s son, Allen Johnson, driver of the Mopar/J&J Racing Dodge Stratus R/T, is glad to have his father where he belongs, at the track working his magic on HEMI engines. [Allen] Johnson failed to qualify for the field at Phoenix, his first DNQ in 42 races, dating back to April 2005, and his father is a crucial component of the team’s success.
“He’s pretty much back, and he feels better than he’s felt in a long time, ” said [Allen] Johnson, who had a successful outing over the weekend at the Eastern Spring Test Nationals in Valdosta, Ga., defeating teammate Stevens Jr. in the final round of the test session, and taking low qualifier with an ET of 6.667 sec.
“Our whole team is sort of refocused right now, ” said [Allen] Johnson. “We had to change the way we were doing stuff and start going in a different direction. I think we’ve done that on the chassis. “
[Allen] Johnson will be looking to change his string of bad luck at Gainesville Raceway this weekend.
“I’ve always really liked Gainesville. Have I ever had any luck there? No, ” [Allen] Johnson said. “But maybe this is the year. We’ve got to really turn it up now and get some round wins. You’ve got to get down the racetrack every run. “
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