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Birmingham, AL 8/17/11 - After
recording his second quickest elapsed time of the season (6.971 seconds)
in qualifying for the NHRA Fram/Autolite Nationals near Sonoma California,
Steve Johnson of Irondale, Ala. was feeling pretty good about his chances
in Pro Stock Motorcycle eliminations. “Yeah,well, that was before the
gusher!” he said after he was forced to shut of his Suzuki’s engine due to
an oil leak. “I have kind of along-winded explanation for what happened,”
he added, “but why bother? The short version is that the vacuum pump
picked up some oil and started dumping it on the track. I had to shut off.
It was just too dangerous to try and make a run, and besides, I know the
NHRA safety guys saw what was going on, and there was no way they would
have let me near the starting line even if I would have wanted to race.
“This was a major disappointment for our team because we’d run so well during qualifying. We changed engines between runs and we still notched six-second elapsed times, and that’s where you need to be if you have any hopes of winning.” Johnson and crew chief Tim Kulungian worked together in putting together the tune-up that resulted in the 6.971 second elapsed time, eclipsed only by the6.940-second elapsed time they recorded at the Gatornationals in Florida back in March. “We’re making progress,” Johnson added, “but it might be too late for us to make this year’s Countdown. We’re not completely out of it yet, but we only have two more opportunities to move into the Top 10. I don’t know what, if anything, you can do about freak things like the vacuum pump picking up oil. We’ll just have to hope that our rotten luck turns to good luck, and I mean quickly!” Johnson has had his hands full during the past few weeks between the race in Sonoma and this weekend’s Lucas Oil Nationals in Brainerd, MN August 19-21st. He and the team made stops at some major tech schools on the west coast talking to almost 1000 students. Then it’s off to the east coast for two more days with a different tech school and then finishing up near Boston with a distributor show for contractors. “When it comes to Frequent Flyer mileage, I’m right up there,” Johnson said with a smile. “The travel’s a hassle, but I don’t mind because when I stand up before those students I know we have a new and exciting presentation on “Marketing yourself after the diploma.” “While Steve’s making those appearances, we’ll be at the shop, working on our Suzuki engines,” said Kulungian. “Westill have a chance to turn our season around, and I think we can do it. We are planning on a great team effort this weekend so keep an eye on us. Our goal no matter what is to win and this weekend is the perfect time to start.” |
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