Everyone forgets that Allen & Roy went 6.54 on fuel injection. I dug into this before looking at old results. While they never won with the fuel injection, they regularly qualified at least middle of the pack, and I believe as high as third or fourth if I remember correctly. There was a new head released for the Dodges before they ended their program, but from what I understand, not enough of them to go around. If Miller is working with Roy, he's on the right track, and that explains why he wasn't too far off pace.
Actually he won in Denver 2016, which I believe was the first winner that wasn't Anderson or Line for the season, and the rest of the year there were different winners going forward:
Pro Stock Final, Round 4 Eliminations
By Rick Green
MORRISON, Colo. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Pro Stock at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 37th annual Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
3 Allen Johnson 6 Vincent Nobile
E4 ****WINNER**** 0.047 6.982 197.39 0.008 7.037 196.82
Prior rounds:
E3 (G Anderson ) 0.030 6.986 196.42 (J Line ) 0.053 16.014 52.83
E2 (E Enders-Ste) 0.021 7.000 196.53 (A Laughlin ) 0.023 7.031 196.50
E1 (D Skillman ) 0.032 7.000 196.59 (J Coughlin J) 0.015 7.000 197.13
Qualified: #10 6.988 197.25 #9 6.981 197.25
Weather conditions: air temperature 91 degrees, relative humidity 20 percent, barometer 24.27 inches, adjusted altitude 9,592 feet, track temperature 103 degrees.
Both drivers qualified in the bottom half of the show and the last time that happened was in Indy in 2008...Johnson is 18 - 10 against Nobile in prior events and Johnson is 5 - 1 against Nobile in prior final rounds. Nobile with the starting line advantage, Johnson grabs the lead around 300 feet and never trails from there on for the win. Johnson wins for the seventh time here on the Mountain. Johnson wins his first race this year and the 27th time in his career.
