Allen Johnson
Date of Birth: 12-08-59
Residence: Greeneville, Tenn.
Hometown: Greeneville, Tenn.
Marital Status: Wife, Pam
Children: Daughters, Kim and Heather
Team: J&J Racing
Owners: Allen and Roy Johnson
Series: NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series
Sponsors: Mopar®, Jesel, Braswell, CFE, Raptor, Clevite, Diamond Pistons
Car: NHRA Pro Stock Mopar Dodge Avenger
Crew Chief: Mark Ingersoll
Engine Builder: Roy Johnson
Web Sites: www.allenjohnson.com, www.moparspeed.com, www.mopar.com
2009 TEAM MOPAR STATS
- Finished seventh in the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Pro Stock standings, scoring a fourth consecutive Top 10 points finish.
- Captured two wins, at the Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals in Denver and O’Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals in Topeka.
- Claimed his seventh career No. 1 Qualifier Award at the NHRA event in Seattle.
- Qualified for the NHRA Countdown to 1 Pro Stock playoffs, giving him playoff berths in each of the first three years since the NHRA adopted the playoff format.
- Competed in his 300th race at the NHRA event in St. Louis.
- Made eight semifinals appearances.
- Posted a 30-20 round win record.
QUICK FACTS
- Was one of ten NHRA Pro Stock drivers to qualify for the 2008 NHRA Countdown to 1 six-race title shootout.
- Finished seventh in the final 2008 NHRA Pro Stock Countdown standings, his third-straight finish in the top-ten and sixth of his career.
- Scored back-to-back runner-up finishes at the 2008 Mopar Mile-High Nationals and Schuck’s Auto Supply NHRA Nationals in July.
- Captured three No. 1 Qualifier awards (Phoenix, Indy, Memphis) in 2008, doubling to six his career total of top qualifier honors.
- Won the $50,000 K&N Horsepower Challenge bonus event at the 2008 Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals, recording a perfect .000 reaction time.
- Posted a 28-24 round win record in 2008.
- Advanced to at least the semifinals eight times during the ’08 campaign.
- Was one of only four NHRA Pro Stock drivers to qualify for the inaugural 2007 NHRA Countdown to 1 two-race title shootout.
- Finished fourth in the final 2007 NHRA Pro Stock standings.
- Scored his fifth career win at the Mopar Mile-High Nationals in July 2007, and also captured his third career No. 1 qualifier award at the event.
- Had three finals appearances, with two runner-up finishes, in 2007.
- Advanced to at least the semifinals seven times during the ’07 campaign.
- Finished sixth in the final NHRA Pro Stock championship standings in 2006, with a win in July at the Schuck’s Auto Supply NHRA Nationals in Seattle.
- Powered to two Top Qualifier spots in 2006: at Columbus in May, and at Englishtown in June.
- Advanced to eight semifinals on the 2006 season, putting Johnson among the final four drivers in over one-third of the series’ 23 races.
- Made 13 quarterfinals appearances in ’06 and qualified for all 23 Pro Stock events.
- Along with his father Roy, Johnson tuned the Don Schumacher Racing J&J Racing Mopar Valspar Dodge Stratus R/T of Richie Stevens Jr., to two wins (Dallas, Las Vegas) in the final five races of the 2006 season.
- Led the NHRA Pro Stock Series points chase early on in the 2005 season and posted an 11th-place finish in the final Pro Stock points standings.
- Captured his first win since 2002 in the Checker Schuck’s Kragen NHRA Nationals at Firebird International Raceway in Phoenix in February 2005.
- Posted two semifinal and six quarterfinal showings in 2005.
- Made two semifinals appearances during the 2004 Pro Stock season.
- Advanced to two final round contests in the Pro Stock division in 2003.
- Made six semifinal appearances in 2003.
- 2002 victory in Atlanta was his second career national event victory and the first for an independent Dodge team since his 1999 victory at Dinwiddie’s Virginia Raceway.
- Debuted Dodge Neon R/T at Dallas in 2001.
- Recorded first win in Richmond in 1999.
- Has been drag racing with his father, Roy, since the early 1970s, when the two successfully raced Super Stock Mopars in IHRA competition.
- Owns and manages Greeneville Oil and Petroleum in his hometown.