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Denver, Friday: On the first day of qualifying behind the wheel of his striking special edition Skoal Racing Chevy Funny Car, veteran nitro pilot Tommy Johnson Jr. drove to the No. 2 qualifying position Friday at Bandimere Speedway to kick-off qualifying for the 27th annual Mile-High Nationals.
On his opening effort of the weekend, the seven-time NHRA winner’s Chevy flopper spun the tires as Johnson coasted to a 6.810-second elapsed time. Johnson then used a tune-up from veteran crew chief Mike Green to blast his newly painted silver-and-blue Skoal Racing Monte Carlo to a performance of 4.907 seconds at 307.37 mph to claim the second qualifying position on a hot day where the adjusted altitude exceeded 9,300-feet.
“It’s always tough to run up here at Denver,” Johnson said. “We ran pretty good here last year, so we went back to our records from a year ago. We were actually too lean on the first run and it chattered the tires. We gave it some more fuel and a little more tune-up and the weather came to us and we made a nice run. That puts us solidly in the show for Sunday. This certainly isn’t a bad way to debut our new special edition Skoal Racing Monte Carlo.”
Johnson Jr. qualifies Skoal Racing Chevy Monte Carlo second
Denver, Friday: On the first day of qualifying behind the wheel of his striking special edition Skoal Racing Chevy Funny Car, veteran nitro pilot Tommy Johnson Jr. drove to the No. 2 qualifying position Friday at Bandimere Speedway to kick-off qualifying for the 27th annual Mile-High Nationals.
On his opening effort of the weekend, the seven-time NHRA winner’s Chevy flopper spun the tires as Johnson coasted to a 6.810-second elapsed time. Johnson then used a tune-up from veteran crew chief Mike Green to blast his newly painted silver-and-blue Skoal Racing Monte Carlo to a performance of 4.907 seconds at 307.37 mph to claim the second qualifying position on a hot day where the adjusted altitude exceeded 9,300-feet.
“It’s always tough to run up here at Denver,” Johnson said. “We ran pretty good here last year, so we went back to our records from a year ago. We were actually too lean on the first run and it chattered the tires. We gave it some more fuel and a little more tune-up and the weather came to us and we made a nice run. That puts us solidly in the show for Sunday. This certainly isn’t a bad way to debut our new special edition Skoal Racing Monte Carlo.”
