Johnson
Wins Jr. Fuel
Kol Johnson
wheeled the Big Yohns - Johnson Family Jr. Fuel dragster to a
brilliant win at Pomona. The crew celebrated their second and
arguably biggest win to date long into the warm California night.
For several
reasons including the warm weather and Fathers Day, the format
for this event was 2 days (Friday and Saturday) with racing from
morning 'till night. The large car count and a 10 pm curfew at
Pomona forced the Goodguys to further alter the schedule and
limit several classes to only two qualifying sessions - both
on Friday. For the Johnson's this was not a problem and by most
accounts, it did not upset most of the other teams. The first
session was held in the heat on Friday afternoon.
On Friday, Kol Johnson qualified their Meyer chassied
car #4 with a 7.591 @ 175.95.
In the first round on
a still very warm track, Johnson beat Neil O'Kane 7.636 @ 176.33
to 7.922 167.09
In round two Johnson
had the tough task of getting by the hottest driver in the class,
Don Enriquez. As it turned out Enriquez caught a rare red light
handing Kol a free trip to the finals.
The final
went off at 9:40 PM paring Kol Johnson and seasoned vet, Bud
Hammer. There was no luck involved in this one ... Johnson won
it on a holeshot 7.675 150.27 to a quicker and faster 7.671 180.75.
To top it off, Johnson broke a water line at the 1000 foot mark
and literally drove the last 300 feet blind (which explains the
slower speed).
2003
VRA Sonoma Win
2005 VRA Fuel & Gas Finals |