National Hot Rod Association

• Tony Bartone
• Phil Burkart Jr.
• Dave Connolly
• Larry Dixon
• Gary Gardella
• Jason Hunt
• Bryan Jimenez
• Tommy Johnson Jr.
• Kurt Johnson
• Marty Ladwig
• Ron Krisher
• Erica Nocita
• Cruz Pedregon
• Tony Pedregon
• Tim Wilkerson
• Del Worsham

• Series: Pro Stock
• Car: AC Delco Chevrolet Cobalt
• Crew Chief: Kurt Johnson
• Birth Date: March 23, 1963
• Home Town: Buford, Georgia

Fast Facts:

• Career Wins: 32
• Career Final Rounds: 61
• Career-Best Elapsed Time: 6.663 seconds
• Career-Best Speed: 207.62 mph

CAREER

• Named 1993 NHRA Rookie of the Year.
• First NHRA Pro Stock driver to make a run quicker than seven seconds with pass of 6.988 seconds on May 20, 1994 in Englishtown, N.J. Earned $25,000 for becoming first member of NHRA Holley 6-Second Pro Stock Club.
• Became the third member of the Speed-Pro 200 mph Pro Stock Club with 200.13 mph run at the 1998 Gatornationals.
• Won a career-best 49 rounds in 2003 and never lost a first-round match up.
• Has 11 top-five and 13 top-10 finishes in NHRA Pro Stock points standings.
• Has won at least one NHRA national event every year since 1995, the longest streak among active Pro Stock drivers. Has won at least one race every year since 1993 with the exception of 1994.
• Finished second in points four times (1993, 2000, 2003, 2005), third four times (1995, 1997-1999) and posted a 13-year season-ending points average of 3.77.
• First NHRA Pro Stock driver to win in a Chevy Cavalier.

After a slow start to the 2005 campaign in which he won just three rounds in the first five races, Kurt Johnson debuted a brand-new Chevy Cobalt at the season's sixth event at Bristol, Tenn., and clawed his way back into the POWERade points chase. When the year ended 17 races later at Pomona, the ACDelco Chevrolet driver had captured four national-event victories, advanced to seven final rounds, earned four raceday pole awards, won 44 eliminator rounds and scored his fourth career second-place points finish. Johnson was the NHRA Rookie of the Year in 1993, and since making his Pro Stock debut the Northeast Georgia resident has 11 top-five and 13 top-10 points finishes. Johnson's also won at least one race every year since 1995 (the longest current streak in NHRA Pro Stock) and his 418 career round wins are second only to Warren Johnson among full-time, active Pro Stock drivers.

TRACK STATS

• 2005 Season

  • Won ACDelco Nationals in Las Vegas.
  • Won Brainerd.
  • Runner-up and No. 1 qualifier at Memphis.
  • Won at Seattle.
  • Ran career-best speed at NHRA Finals in Pomona. Ran career-best e.t. at Dallas.
  • Won St. Louis from No. 1 qualifying position.
  • Runner-up at Columbus.
  • No. 1 qualifier at Englishtown. No. 1 qualifier at Sonoma.
  • First NHRA Pro Stock driver to win in a Chevy Cobalt.

• 2004 Season

  • Earned the victory at Phoenix, extending his streak of winning at least one race per season to 10 years.
  • Was one of just four Pro Stock drivers to earn a victory.
  • Has finished in the Top 10 in each professional season dating back to 1993.

• 2003 Season

  • Earned four wins in 10 final rounds and earned a career-best 1,754 points.
  • Won a career-best 49 rounds and never lost in the first round.
  • Recorded career-best numbers in time and speed.
  • Recorded at least one victory for nine consecutive seasons and finished in the top 10 of the standings in each year of his career.

• 2002 Season

  • Extended his winning streak to eight consecutive seasons with a victory at Pomona 2.

• 2001 Season

  • Won at Pomona 1.
  • Runner-up to his father, Warren, at Denver.