The 6.551 pass that Pro Stock driver Allen Johnson laid down on Friday held through qualifying on Saturday to keep the Mopar Dodge Avenger campaigner on the pole for the sixth time this season and the 13th time in his career.

Johnson wasn't the quickest in the third and fourth sessions, and bonus points were earned by a couple of other Countdown to the Championship contenders, but he was still the big winner at the end of the day.

"This morning was almost as good as last night, but we didn't make good runs today at all, unfortunately," said Johnson. "The air was real cool and crisp last night. Everybody picked up this morning, but we didn't, and we're a little mad at ourselves about that. But in the two runs we made today, we were solid, just not on top of it like we wanted to be."

The 6.551 pass that Pro Stock driver Allen Johnson laid down on Friday held through qualifying on Saturday to keep the Mopar Dodge Avenger campaigner on the pole for the sixth time this season and the 13th time in his career.

Johnson wasn't the quickest in the third and fourth sessions, and bonus points were earned by a couple of other Countdown to the Championship contenders, but he was still the big winner at the end of the day.

"This morning was almost as good as last night, but we didn't make good runs today at all, unfortunately," said Johnson. "The air was real cool and crisp last night. Everybody picked up this morning, but we didn't, and we're a little mad at ourselves about that. But in the two runs we made today, we were solid, just not on top of it like we wanted to be."

In the first session, Summit Racing's Jason Line was quickest with a 6.565 at 210.60 mph for three bonus points, and recent class-return Dave Connolly snatched a couple of points for his second-quickest 6.567. V. Gaines continued to impress and grabbed the last bonus point of the round with a 6.567 that matched Connolly but was a tick slower in speed.

The second session was another story, with Connolly (3), Jeg Coughlin Jr. (2), and Johnson (1) picking up bonus markers.

Johnson's 6.551 reset the Maple Grove Raceway record for e.t., while Summit Racing driver Ronnie Humphrey, who qualified No. 7, reset the track record for speed with a 211.20 mph blast.

Clearly still in contention for the Championship, Johnson, who came to Reading fourth in the Full Throttle Series standings, heads into race day with the challenge of knocking out 97-time national event winner and six-time world champion Warren Johnson at the top of his to-do list, and he has a simple plan for eliminations.

"We'll go back to last night's setup and work on it," said Johnson. "Today we were just trying to get faster. Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't. Now I'm calm and confident, we just have to go out and win this race tomorrow."

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