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He's one of the strongest competitors in the Pro Stock division of the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series today, piloting the ACDelco Chevy Cobalt. And with 16 years of racing under his belt, he has no intention of slowing down. Get to know Kurt Johnson, his passion for racing and how he spends his time off the track on his official MySpace page.

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Meet Kurt Johnson

Meet Kurt Johnson


Team: Kurt Racing, Inc., Sugar Hill, Ga.

Race Car: ACDelco Pro Stock Chevy Cobalt

Date of Birth: March 23, 1963

Residence: Buford, Ga.

Birthplace: Virginia, Minn.

Family: Married; wife Kathy, sons Conner Emory and Jarrett Kurt, daughter Erin Elizabeth; father Warren, mother Arlene


Career Performances

Career Best Elapsed Time: 6.613 seconds, October 2006, Richmond, Va.

Career Best Top Speed: 209.26 mph, October 2006, Richmond, Va.

Career National Event Wins: 39

Most Recent Win: 2008 Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals Brainerd, MN.

Career No. 1 Qualifiers: 27

Most Recent No. 1 Qualifier: 2005 O'Reilly Mid-South Nationals, Memphis, Tenn.


2008 HIGHLIGHTS

  • Won 2008 Pro Stock title at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals in Brainerd, MN., the 39th national event win of Johnson's career.
  • Captured 38th career victory by winning the Pro Stock title at the Torco Race Fuels Route 66 Nationals in Joliet, IL. Johnson recorded the quickest elapsed time in every round to earn the win, extending his lead in the POWERade championship standings.
  • Won 2008 Pro Stock title at the O'Reilly Nationals in Madison, IL., the 37th national event win of Johnson's career, first of the 2008 season, and third at Gateway International Raceway.
  • Kurt runs a career-best elapse time of 6.581-second, bettering his 6.598-second mark from the day before. Entering the Madison race, Kurt's career-best elapsed time was 6.611-seconds, set in Reading 2007.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • First Pro Stock driver in NHRA history to run a 6-second elapsed time (6.988 seconds, Englishtown, N.J., on May 20, 1994); first member of Holley 6-Second Pro Stock Club.
  • 1993 NHRA Rookie of the Year (won three events and finished second to his father, Warren, in championship).
  • 39 NHRA national event victories.
  • 67 final-round appearances (36 wins and 31 runners-up).
  • Third Member of Speed-Pro 200 mph Pro Stock Club (ran 200.13 mph on March 14, 1998).
  • 27 career No. 1 qualifiers.
  • Winning streak: Has won at least one national event for fourteen consecutive years, the longest active streak in Pro Stock.
  • Top-10 finishes: Has finished in top 10 in NHRA championship in every season of 15-year driving career.
  • Four-time runner-up in NHRA championship (1993, 2000, 2003, 2005).
  • Rounds won: 464 round wins, 271 losses through November 4, 2007 (735 total rounds, 63% winning average).
  • Posted career-best top speed of 209.92 mph