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: Funny Car
• Car: Skoal Racing Chevy Monte Carlo
• Crew Chief: Mike Green
• Birth Date: April 6, 1968
• Home Town: Avon, Indiana

Fast Facts:

• Career Wins: 1
• Career Final Rounds: 2
• Career-Best Elapsed Time: 4.698 seconds
• Career-Best Speed: 331.45 mph
• • At age 15 became the youngest driver ever to earn an NHRA competition license.
  • Competed in Alcohol Funny Car before moving to Top Fuel competition in 1990.
  • Earned two victories in five finals during Top Fuel career.
  • Joined Joe Gibbs Racing at midseason in 1999 and charged to two wins, four final rounds and a 10th- place finish in the points standings.
  • Became the third Funny Car driver to post a top speed over 320 mph running 320.05 mph at the 1999 O'Reilly Nationals in Ennis, Tex.
  • Has finished in the top 10 of the points standings eight times as a professional driver.
  • Joined Don Prudhomme's Snake Racing team in 2001.

Tommy Johnson Jr. is the driver of Don Prudhomme's Skoal Racing Chevy Monte Carlo Funny Car. At the age of 20, Johnson made his first start as a professional driver at the NHRA Nationals at Phoenix and captured his first career victory at Seattle in 1993 driving a Top Fuel Dragster. Johnson won his first Funny Car race at Reading in 1999 driving for Joe Gibbs and was hired by Don Prudhomme to drive the Skoal Racing Chevrolet in 2001. The 37-year-old Avon, Ind., resident has scored six career wins, raced in 18 final rounds, earned five No. 1 qualifying awards and notched eight top-10 finishes (five in Funny Car).

TRACK STATS

• 2005 Season

  • Won Pomona. Ran career-best e.t. and speed.
  • Runner-up at Topeka.
  • Ran career-best e.t. and speed at Chicago 2.

• 2004 Season

  • Established career-best performance numbers.
  • Qualified a season-best No. 2 at St. Louis.
  • Qualified No. 7 in the quickest Funny Car field in NHRA history (Pomona 2).

• 2003 Season

  • Third consecutive finish in the Funny Car top 10.
  • Established career-best time and speed.
  • Qualified fifth in the quickest Funny Car field in NHRA history and one of four Funny Car drivers to qualify for all 23 events.

• 2002 Season

  • Made a career-high four final-round appearances and posted best Funny Car points finish of his career.

• 2001 Season

  • Earned victory at Las Vegas 1 and was a runner-up at St. Louis.