Warren Johnson put a fitting end to his International Motorsports Hall of Fame induction weekend on Sunday, powering his GM Performance Parts Pontiac GTO to a runner-up finish at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals in Atlanta, GA. It was the 150th final round appearance of WJ’s illustrious Pro Stock career, first of the 2007 season and ninth at Atlanta Dragway.
“Things went along rather nicely for the GM Performance Parts GTO crew today, ” said Johnson. “Coming into eliminations, we elected to stick with the set-up we had used in qualifying, even though it was not the one we had been using for the last three or four races. However, since we had so much time invested in it, we felt it would serve us better than trying to go back, and it almost worked to perfection.
“We’re certainly not happy losing in the final, but at least we were able to get there, which is a major step forward for our program. We also made an incremental gain in the points standings, which was another one of our goals. Finally, we will be able to take what we learned today and apply it to both (son) Kurt’s and my cars, which we believe will help us maintain our forward progress. All around, it was a pretty good day. ”
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