Indianapolis: Allen Johnson preview

* Finished 4th at ORP in 2005, was defeated by Greg Anderson in the semifinals. (Defeated Greg Stanfield first round, defeated Dave Howard in the quarterfinals.)

* Enters this weekend's event ranked seventh in the NHRA POWERade Pro Stock Series points race.

PRE-EVENT QUOTES...

"We'd love to get back to the semifinals or break into the final round this year. If we qualify well, get lane choice and have a little bit of luck go our way, we should be in good shape. We've been qualifying well and our Roy Johnson built engines have been making great power in the past few weeks. We're looking forward to heading to Indy this weekend."

"The U.S. Nationals are such a huge event. Some people say that if when you retire you've won a championship, you've had a good career. But if you've won a championship and the U.S. Nationals, you've had a great career. With all the prestige that surrounds the event, it would be a tremendous honor to be able to say we've won the U.S. Nationals."

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