Kurt Johnson

07/12/2022

NHRA announces the first four races of the highly anticipated 2023 Camping World Series schedule.

➡️ https://bit.ly/3RFYTor
🎟 https://www.nhra.com/schedule/2023

05/20/2022

May 20, 1994! A cool day for us, a cool day for Pro Stock. A day we'll never forget!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpwqyYKAUaE

NHRA GREATEST MOMENTS 45 - 1994 "KJ jumps into the 6's"Subscribe to the NHRA YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/nhraLike us on Facebook: https://ww...

05/03/2022

If you're interested in purchasing the WJ book, it's currently 20% off on the Amazon website. They haven't said how long the sale will last, so if you want it -- now's the time to get it with the discount.

https://www.amazon.com/Drag-Racings-Warren-Professor-Johnson/dp/1613255705

Drag Racing's Warren "The Professor" Johnson: The Cars, People & Wins Behind His Pro Stock Success

04/03/2022

https://www.dragzine.com/news/the-dragzine-podcast-episode-135-kurt-johnson/

This week on The Dragzine Podcast NHRA Pro Stocker racer Kurt Johnson stops by .Kurt talks about growing up in a racing family, breaking the 6-second barrier, and much more.

03/24/2022

Happy birthday, Kurt Johnson! You're one of a kind and one of the best there ever was.

Photo: David Allio

09/08/2021

Here's an excerpt from the WJ Book that includes a relevant note as the NHRA Pro Stock tour heads to Maple Grove Raceway:

That first season of Kurt's Pro Stock driving career, the two went to battle in the money round six times, with father hoisting the trophy on four of those occasions. Notably, NHRA Rookie of the Year KJ finished second in the Pro Stock points to WJ, thereby etching another note in the history book as the first father and son to do so.

The two raced in a total of 13 final rounds against one another between 1993 and 2001 at a variety of racetracks across the country. Location didn't seem to matter much when it came to a particular facility's likelihood of hosting their father-son duel; the only track with repeat Johnson vs. Johnson finals was venerable Maple Grove in Reading, Pa.

**The Final Say**
(Warren Johnson vs. Kurt Johnson in NHRA final rounds)

Warren Johnson defeated Kurt Johnson Atlanta 1993
W. Johnson def. K. Johnson Englishtown 1993
W. Johnson def. K. Johnson Columbus 1993
K. Johnson def. W. Johnson Reading 1993
K. Johnson def. W. Johnson Dallas 1993
W. Johnson def. K. Johnson Pomona 2 1993
W. Johnson def. K. Johnson Pomona 1 1997
W. Johnson def. K. Johnson Richmond 1997
W. Johnson def. K. Johnson Seattle 1998
W. Johnson def. K. Johnson Memphis 1998
W. Johnson def. K. Johnson Gainesville 1999
K. Johnson def. W. Johnson Reading 2000
W. Johnson def. K. Johnson Denver 2001

Photo: Evan Smith

More like this in the WJ book: https://bit.ly/WJBook21

06/10/2021

- just a regular old photo from a regular old living room with a regular old picture on the wall. That wheelie photo was shot by both the Minneapolis Star and John Foster Jr. at Minnesota Dragways in 1971.

There's a pretty good description of how and why it occurred in the book, and you can pick it up here: https://bit.ly/WJBookCarTech

06/03/2021

A little (in a race shop doing racecar things not too long ago) compared to a little now (preparing to make a dyno run at WJE).

The older photo is from the book, which you can order directly from CarTech Books here: https://bit.ly/WJBookCarTech

But if you're quick, you might be able to get a signed copy over there on the Warren Johnson page.

05/18/2021

From the archives: A little quiet time in the staging lanes.

More photos in the book: https://www.amazon.com/Drag-Racings-Warren-Professor-Johnson/dp/1613255705/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=warren+the+professor+johnson&qid=1621337337&sr=8-1

11/27/2020

Our longtime friend Chris Haverly sent over these photos. As best we can tell (thanks to the hat), it's from a WJ win in Memphis in either 1991 or 1992. Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday weekend!

05/22/2020

Nice article by Competition Plus on Kurt's "First - 6 - 6.988"
http://www.competitionplus.com/drag-racing/news/the-day-kurt-johnson-solidified-his-place-in-drag-racing-history

There was no doubt that sometime, at some point, someone was going to be the first NHRA Pro Stock driver to break into the six-second zone on a quarter-mile pass. The question was who would be the driver to secure that spot in drag racing history. Good ol’ conventional wisdom thought it would come...

05/20/2020

Here's that 6-second run and the original story, thanks to National Dragster and NHRA for sharing it.



CarTech Books

05/20/2020

May 20, 1994, Summernationals in Englishtown, N.J.
KJ records a 6.988, the first sub-7 second pass in NHRA Pro Stock history. 26 years ago today with that Warren Johnson-horsepower!

"We'd made a terrible run the first session, but I was confident with what we had under the hood. I knew that if I got off to a good start and made a clean pass, there was a chance," said Kurt, who was wheeling an Olds Cutlass at the time. "The session took about 40 minutes, but I waited until the end, until the air got absolutely the best it could get. When I let the clutch out, it had the wheels in the air, and it was a smooth run. It was absolutely flawless. Everybody was pitching their best, but I was the lucky one there."

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CarTech Books

05/14/2020

One from the archives for you! A pretty typical sight.....



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CarTech Books

05/07/2020

to one of K.J.'s 29 No. 1 Qualifier awards celebrated on a Sunday before getting down to business!

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CarTech Books

04/30/2020

! Guess the year and the track.

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CarTech Books