Grand Opening Highlights

If you missed our Grand Opening here were a few highlights. Kurt Johnson, along with his racecar, of ACDelco NHRA Racing was there to sign autographs.

Team: Kurt Racing, Inc., Sugar Hill, Ga.
Race Car: ACDelco Pro Stock Chevy Cobalt
Date of Birth: March 23, 1963
Residence: Buford, Ga.
Birthplace: Virginia, Minn.
Family: Married; wife Kathy, sons Conner Emory and Jarrett Kurt, daughter Erin Elizabeth; father Warren, mother Arlene

Career Performances

Career Best Elapsed Time: 6.646 seconds, June 2006, Joliet, Ill.
Career Best Top Speed: 207.72 mph, February 2006, Pomona, Calif.
Career National Event Wins: 35
Most Recent Win: 2006 O’Reilly Mid-South NHRA Nationals Memphis, Tenn.
Career No. 1 Qualifiers: 27
Most Recent No. 1 Qualifier: 2005 O’Reilly Mid-South Nationals, Memphis, Tenn.

2006 Highlights

• Won the 2006 O’Reilly Mid-South Nationals in Memphis, Tenn., defeating Jason Line on a holeshot in the final to move into fourth place on the all-time NHRA Pro Stock winner’s list with 35 national event wins.
• Won the 2006 Carquest Auto Parts Nationals in Joliet, Ill., using a career-best 6.646-second elapsed time to defeat Greg Anderson on a holeshot.
• Won the 2006 Summitracing.com Nationals in Las Vegas, Nev., marking the twelfth consecutive year he has won at least one race, which is the longest active streak in Pro Stock and the second longest among all NHRA professional categories.
• Established new career best in top speed with his 207.72 mph run during qualifying at the Carquest Auto Parts Winternationals in Pomona, Calif., on February 11, 2006.

Career Highlights

• First Pro Stock driver in NHRA history to run a 6-second elapsed time (6.988 seconds, Englishtown, N.J., on May 20, 1994); first member of Holley 6-Second Pro Stock Club.
• 1993 NHRA Rookie of the Year (won three events and finished second to his father, Warren, in championship).
• 35 NHRA national event victories (fourth among Pro Stock drivers)
• 65 final-round appearances (35 wins and 30 runners-up).
• Third Member of Speed-Pro 200 mph Pro Stock Club (ran 200.13 mph on March 14, 1998).
• 27 career No. 1 qualifiers.
• Winning streak: Has won at least one national event for 12 consecutive years.
• Top-10 finishes: Has finished in top 10 in NHRA championship in every season of 13-year driving career.
• Four-time runner-up in NHRA championship (1993, 2000, 2003, 2005).
• Rounds won: 440 round wins, 244 losses through August 21, 2006 (684 total rounds, 64% winning average).