One might think the new wicker increase might be working well for Warren Johnson considering he’s scored substantial top speeds during the NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, Florida.

“Truth be known, we’ve burned two holes in the body because of it,” Johnson said. “We did that in Valdosta where the downforce is compressing the rear so much.

“The situation wasn’t so bad in Gainesville but when we get to a facility that is bumpy at the finish line – then we’ll have problems. Someone is going to get in some serious trouble past the finish line. There is too much downforce for these cars. One might think the new wicker increase might be working well for Warren Johnson considering he’s

scored substantial top speeds during the NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, Florida.

“Truth be known, we’ve burned two holes in the body because of it,” Johnson said. “We did that in Valdosta where the downforce is compressing the rear so much.

“The situation wasn’t so bad in Gainesville but when we get to a facility that is bumpy at the finish line – then we’ll have problems. Someone is going to get in some serious trouble past the finish line. There is too much downforce for these cars.

“The front end is being lifted on these cars and sooner or later one is going to turn into a glider before it’s all said and done.” 

 

Johnson will be taking the new GXP into the wind tunnel later this week to gain data before the next event.

“We’re going to compare the GTO that we ran to this one to gain some real world numbers,” Johnson said. “We want to find where these two cars stand in relation to one another.”

Lord knows what Johnson will find when he gets the tunnel time.

“Kurt and I will be the only ones who knows what we find, too,” Johnson said, with a chuckle.