Kurt Johnson's most valuable lesson this year could be the meaning of a typo. (Roger Richards)
The first few days of this week proved to be rather interesting for Pro
Stock standout Kurt Johnson. On Monday, KJ headed over to his daughter
Erin’s school in Buford, GA to take part in Career Day. As expected,
the second-generation racer was fully prepared, dressed in his ACDelco
crew shirt and bringing his helmet, firesuit, HANS device and a
Goodyear slick to use as props, as well as a video from one of his
qualifying runs.
However, upon arriving at Ivy Creek Elementary School in Buford, Kurt
was unable to find the location for this event, and eventually asked a
teacher for assistance. Much to his surprise, he was informed that
Career Day had in fact been scheduled for Tuesday, and that there was a
typo in the e-mail sent to parents requesting their participation.
Fortunately, he was able to return the next day, and spoke to eight
different sets of fourth graders about his POWERade Drag Racing Series
career, fielding numerous questions from the enthusiastic students.