NHRA
Bristol: Tommy Johnson Jr Saturday summary
Johnson Jr. Qualifies Eighth at Bristol BRISTOL, Tenn. (May 1, 2004) -- Tommy Johnson Jr. drove his Skoal RacingSM Chevy Funny Car to the No. 8 qualifying position Saturday at the O'Reilly Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway. The ...
Published: May 3, 2004, 7:02 AM
Copy link
Share on Viber
Johnson Jr. Qualifies Eighth at Bristol
BRISTOL, Tenn. (May 1, 2004) -- Tommy Johnson Jr. drove his Skoal RacingSM Chevy Funny Car to the No. 8 qualifying position Saturday at the O'Reilly Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway.
The five-time NHRA winner blasted his Mike Green-tuned Monte Carlo to a weekend-best effort of 4.856 seconds at 321.58 to claim the eighth qualifying position and lane choice in the first round of Funny Car eliminations. Johnson's flopper slowed to a pass of 7.265 at 117.58 on Saturday's first qualifying attempt, marking the only run during qualifying that the Iowa native failed to make a full pass on the Bristol Dragway quarter mile.
"We've made it down the race track on eight of our last nine runs," Johnson said. "On Saturday's first run, we were testing to see how far we could push it. Consistency is what we needed to work on and that's what we're getting. You can be consistent, but you need to be consistently quick, and each run the car has gone a little quicker. That allows you to be more optimistic heading into race day."
Johnson looks to win his first career event at Bristol Dragway on Sunday. He'll meet Gary Scelzi in the first round of Funny Car eliminations at 11 a.m. (ET).
-www.snakeracing.com
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article Bristol: Kurt Johnson Saturday summary
Next article Bristol: Kurt Johnson final summary
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Gary Scelzi
Flashback time at Phoenix
NHRA
NHRA
Flashback time at Phoenix
Alan Johnson Racing for Winternational win
NHRA
NHRA
Alan Johnson Racing for Winternational win
Until next year, Tulsa...
Midget
Midget
Chili Bowl
Until next year, Tulsa...
Latest news
"We're just a step behind" - what McLaren is trying to solve with its final 2026 upgrades
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1
United States GP
51 min
"We're just a step behind" - what McLaren is trying to solve with its final 2026 upgrades
Sammy Smith earns first NASCAR Truck win in wild Talladega finish
NASCAR Truck
NSTR NASCAR Truck
Talladega
55 min
Sammy Smith earns first NASCAR Truck win in wild Talladega finish
F1 United States GP: Charles Leclerc completes perfect Friday by topping FP2
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1
United States GP
1 h
F1 United States GP: Charles Leclerc completes perfect Friday by topping FP2
Tony Stewart: Violent Talladega Truck wreck "knocked the wind out of me"
NASCAR Truck
NSTR NASCAR Truck
Talladega
2 h
Tony Stewart: Violent Talladega Truck wreck "knocked the wind out of me"
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe