Reigning Pro Stock champion Allen Johnson has another trophy -- another bonus-race trophy -- to take home to Greeneville, Tennessee, and put on his mantel.
 
But first he'll probably stop at the local bank to deposit the $50,000 he won Saturday at Las Vegas during the SummitRacing.com Nationals.
 
Johnson recovered from tire shake and outran Erica Enders-Stevens in the final round of the K&N Horsepower Challenge.
 
For all his impressive performance numbers, Johnson found himself winning with a less-than-stunning 7.188-second quarter-mile pass at 200.62 miles an hour at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Reigning Pro Stock champion Allen Johnson has another trophy -- another bonus-race trophy -- to take home to Greeneville, Tennessee, and put on his mantel.
 
But first he'll probably stop at the local bank to deposit the $50,000 he won Saturday at Las Vegas during the SummitRacing.com Nationals.
 
Johnson recovered from tire shake and outran Erica Enders-Stevens in the final round of the K&N Horsepower Challenge.
 
For all his impressive performance numbers, Johnson found himself winning with a less-than-stunning 7.188-second quarter-mile pass at 200.62 miles an hour at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Both he and Enders-Stevens experienced trouble right at the launch, thanks to track conditions that were atypical for the Pro Stock class.
 
But he recovered quickly in his Team Mopar / J&J Racing Dodge Avenger to win this bonus event for the second time and first since 2008.
　
Enders-Stevens reached her first final round in four K&N Horsepower Challenge starts. She coasted in her G-K Motorsports Chevy Camaro to a 9.602-second, 110.96-mile-an-hour clocking.
 
Gone after Round One were last year's winner, Vincent Nobile; fan-vote entrant Jeg Coughlin; points leader and No. 1 qualifier Mike Edwards; and V. Gaines. So it was a surprisingly early end for some of the class' best racers.
 
Johnson said that proves the competition was fierce, making his victory that much sweeter.
 
Vince Jardine, of Rockford, Illinois, took home a new T-R-D-super charged Toyota Tacoma after winning the K&N Horsepower Challenge Sweepstakes. Each of the race's eight drivers was paired with a fan, so each driver had extra incentive to win. Now, Johnson said, he plans to bring Jardine to another race -- as his lucky charm.
 
Johnson has a chance to turn his Saturday success into a $100,000 race-day jackpot. If he wins Sunday's eliminations, he would collect the $25,000 winner's share of the purse, along with a $25,000 double-up bonus from the NHRA.
 

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