Roy Johnson
Date of Birth: 09-26-41
Residence: Greeneville, Tenn.
Hometown: Greeneville, Tenn.
Marital Status: Wife, Revonda
Children: Sons, Allen and Randy; Daughter, Rhonda
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
Crew Chief: Mark Ingersoll
Driver: Allen Johnson
Web Sites: www.allenjohnson.com, www.moparspeed.com, www.mopar.com
Quick Facts
- Son Allen Johnson finished seventh in the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Pro Stock standings, scoring a fourth consecutive Top 10 points finish.
- Built the Mopar HEMI engines Allen used to capture two wins in 2009, at the Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals in Denver and O’Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals in Topeka.
- Helped Allen claim his seventh career No. 1 Qualifier Award at the 2009 NHRA event in Seattle.
- Son Allen qualified for the 2009 NHRA Countdown to 1 Pro Stock playoffs, giving the Johnsons playoff berths in each of the first three years since the NHRA adopted the playoff format.
- Teamed with Allen to post a 30-20 round win record during the 2009 season.
- Received a brand-new Dodge Challenger Drag Pak by Mopar vehicle as a 2009 Christmas gift from Allen.
- Allen finished seventh in the final 2008 NHRA Pro Stock Countdown standings, with the HEMI® engines in his Mopar J&J Racing Dodge Stratus R/T supplied by Roy.
- The father-and-son team scored back-to-back runner-up finishes at the Mopar Mile-High Nationals and Schuck’s Auto Supply NHRA Nationals in July 2008, and captured three No. 1 Qualifier awards (Phoenix, Indy, Memphis).
- Allen won the $50,000 K&N Horsepower Challenge bonus event at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals in ’08, recording a perfect .000 reaction time.
- Roy and the J&J Racing team aided Allen in qualifying in the top half of the field at 22 of 24 NHRA events during the 2008 campaign.
- Son Allen finished a career-best fourth in the final 2007 NHRA POWERade Pro Stock standings.
- Roy watched Allen seize a fifth career win and the No. 1 Qualifier award at the Mopar Mile-High Nationals in July 2007.
- J&J Racing driver Allen was one of only four NHRA POWERade Pro Stock drivers to qualify for the inaugural NHRA Countdown to 1 two-race title shootout.
- Roy was voted into the NHRA Southeast Division 2 Hall of Fame in December 2007.
- Suffered a serious heart attack at the second NHRA POWERade event of 2007 at Phoenix, then showed his resiliency by coming back to turn the wrenches for his son Allen at the very next event, the NHRA Gatornationals.
- Allen drove his J&J Racing-owned Mopar Dodge Stratus R/T to one win in 2006, at the Schuck’s Auto Supply NHRA Nationals in Seattle.
- A.J. finished sixth in the final 2006 NHRA POWERade Pro Stock Series championship standings, scoring two Top Qualifier spots and eight semifinals appearances on the season, with horsepower supplied by Roy.
- Along with Allen, Roy 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.
- Has five NHRA POWERade Pro Stock victories as a car owner.
- Started racing go-karts in 1962. Later moved into dirt track racing until 1970, when he began drag racing.
- Drove an IHRA Super Stock 1962 Plymouth to numerous race victories, along with two Super Stock season championships and two runner-up season finishes in the early 1970s.
- Received factory backing for his Super Stock cars from Mopar, from 1976 through the early 1980s.
- Allen started driving the team's second car in 1977; they drove as a father-son team until 1983.
- Stopped drag racing in 1986 and did not race again until Allen showed interest in 1995, when the pair began campaigning a Super Comp dragster.
- Has worked solely in drag racing since 1997, when he also began building Pro Stock Mopar engines.
- Has always worked in auto repair: ran his own auto machine shop for 10 years; worked 10 years at a Chrysler dealership; worked 14 years at a competitor’s dealership as service manager.
- Roy and wife Revonda celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 2009.