Allen Johnson Apt to Turn Challenges into Opportunities at NHRA Four-Wide Nationals

GREENEVILLE, T.N. (April 19, 2016) – Marathon Petroleum/J&J Racing Pro Stock driver Allen Johnson heads to the Sixth annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals presented by Lowes Foods for the fifth of 24 events in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. The uniquely-formatted race held at zMAX Dragway is a favorite among NHRA fans and Johnson hopes to ink his name in the history books with a win at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals.

Last year, Johnson reset his career best elapsed time (6.463-seconds) and mph (214.42) at this event. Since the switch to fuel injection, Johnson knows the likeliness of advancing his career best is unlikely but he still anticipates a fast weekend for the Pro Stock class overall.

“With the weather as it is right now, I think it’ll be fairly fast,” predicted Johnson. “With the new fuel injection, we may see a 6.55 [elapsed time] if the air allows for it.”

With two weeks off since the 17th annual DENSO Spark Plugs NHRA Nationals in Las Vegas, Johnson was able to utilize the time off and go testing at zMAX Dragway to prepare for this weekend’s highly anticipated race.

“We had two good days of testing in Charlotte last week,” he attested. “The track was awesome and I think we made a little bit of progress. We’ve also been doing a lot of dyno work; we’re working our tails off to catch the front teams.”