One thing Allen Johnson had working for him headed into the final round of the O’Reilly
NHRA Summernationals is that he knew his opponent. The Mopar-sponsored
driver has raced against Mike Edwards for enough years to know what to
expect when the sixteen-car field whittled down to the two of them.
“Mike always makes a good run against us,” Johnson said, as he spoke to
the assembled media following his seventh career NHRA Full Throttle Pro
Stock victory.
“In the finals he did. The right lane came around for us with the cloud
cover but we didn’t take Mike lightly. We knew he had it.”
Johnson admitted that he felt a measure of pressure and for the
seasoned factory-backed racer, one could assume the news of Chrysler’s
bankruptcy along with a dry spell between national event victories has
been overwhelming.