Allen Johnson Wraps Up Testing with Positive Mindset for Pomona

GREENEVILLE, TN – This week marks the beginning of the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. The first of 24 events will bring competitors back to Auto Club Raceway at Pomona. With numerous changes to make to his Pro Stock car in the off season, Allen Johnson is ready to take what he learned from testing in Bradenton, Florida and translate it to the track in Pomona.

“We started out very very conservative in testing,” said Johnson. “Our team worked our way through the process and we’re just trying to learn this new EFI. We had to make a few bad moves to learn that they were bad moves.”

The Marathon Petroleum Corporation/J&J Racing Dodge Dart showed progress throughout their test sessions in Bradenton and Johnson left testing energized for the season opening race in Pomona.

“I feel like we’re honing in on it. I think about mid-season we may be back to as fast as we were last year but I’m not sure. We’ll all continue to change the motors around, change tire sizes, and adjust gear ratios to try to optimize each run.”

Johnson heads to Pomona this week and has high hopes for their first outing with the electrical fuel injection system.

“All these guys in Pro Stock, including our team, are really smart. You can bet everybody will be trying everything and we’ll be right there doing it with them.”

Johnson wanted to thank Marathon Petroleum Corporation for jumping on board with his team for their 2016 Pro Stock campaign.