- 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
- Vehicle Make/Model: Chevrolet Cobalt SS 2-dr. coupe
- Body Construction: Carbon fiber/Kevlar composite
- Chassis Construction: Chrome moly steel tubing
- Length: 198"
- Width: 67"
- Wheelbase: 105"
- Vehicle Weight: 2,350 lbs. with driver (per NHRA regulations)
- Engine: General Motors DRCE Generation 3
- Displacement: 500 cubic inches (8.2 liters)
- Horsepower: 1,340 @ 9,000 rpm
- Torque: 835 lb.-ft. @ 7,600 rpm
- Compression: 14.7:1
- Induction System: Dual Holley 1050 cfm four-barrel carburetors
- Redline: 9,800 rpm
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:
- 36
- Most Recent Win:
- 2007 O’Reilly CSK NHRA Nationals Phoenix, Ariz.
- Career No. 1 Qualifiers:
- 27
- Most Recent No. 1 Qualifier:
- 2005 O'Reilly Mid-South Nationals, Memphis, Tenn.
2007 HIGHLIGHTS
- Finished sixth in the 2007 NHRA POWERade championship standings, extending his streak of finishing in the Top 10 in each of his 15 years of Pro Stock competition.
- Won the 2007 King Demon Crown Pro Stock All-Star race in Joliet, Ill., becoming the first driver in the event’s 22-year history to win it four times.
- Won the 2007 Checker Schuck’s Kragen Nationals in Phoenix, Ariz., defeating Jason Line on a hole shot in the final, marking the thirteenth consecutive year he has won at least one race, which is the longest active streak in Pro Stock and the second longest among all NHRA professional categories.
2006 HIGHLIGHTS
- Established new personal bests in elapsed time (6.613 seconds) and top speed (209.26 mph) at the 2006 Torco Racing Fuels Nationals in Richmond, Va.
- Won the 2006 O’Reilly Mid-South Nationals in Memphis, Tenn., defeating Jason Line on a hole shot in the final to move into fourth place on the all-time NHRA Pro Stock winner’s list with 35 national event wins in what, at the time, was the quickest side-by-side Pro Stock race in NHRA history.
- Won the 2006 Carquest Auto Parts Nationals in Joliet, Ill., using a career-best 6.646-second elapsed time to defeat Greg Anderson on a hole shot in the final.
- Established career best in top speed with his 207.72 mph run in qualifying at the Carquest Auto Parts Winternationals in Pomona, Calif., February 11, 2006.
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).
- 36 NHRA national event victories (fourth among Pro Stock drivers).
- 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 thirteen 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).
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