The mystery of the Pro Stock Dodge Avenger was revealed on Monday morning during a test session at Palm Beach International Raceway located outside of West Palm Beach, Fla.

Pro Stock driver Allen Johnson made history as he put the brand new to drag racing 2010 Dodge Avenger through its initial runs.

"It was very smooth on that first run," said Johnson. "We wanted to make sure the parachute and brakes worked, so I let up about half-track. We
were very conservative. It was at .995 seconds around the 60-foot mark.It was real smooth."

The mystery of the Pro Stock Dodge Avenger was revealed on Monday morning during a test session at Palm Beach International Raceway located outside of West Palm Beach, Fla.

Pro Stock driver Allen Johnson made history as he put the brand new to drag racing 2010 Dodge Avenger through its initial runs.

"It was very smooth on that first run," said Johnson. "We wanted to make sure the parachute and brakes worked, so I let up about half-track. We
were very conservative. It was at .995 seconds around the 60-foot mark.It was real smooth."

Johnson and his J&J Racing crew plan to test the HEMI-powered Mopar Dodge Avenger through Wednesday, Dec. 16, at PBIR in preparation for the
car's race debut at the 50th Annual Kragen O'Reilly NHRA Winternationalsin Pomona, Calif., Feb. 11-14, 2010.

"We're going to get after it during the test runs in the afternoon.We'll run it as much as we can, maybe about five or six passes. I'm encouraged by the first run and excited to see what we can do with it when we go all out."

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