Different year, same ending – at least in Pro Stock at the Mile-High Nationals.

Allen Johnson won his latest title at Bandimere Speedway when his teammate Jeg Coughlin recorded a redlight in the final round.

Different year, same ending – at least in Pro Stock at the Mile-High Nationals.

Allen Johnson won his latest title at Bandimere Speedway when his teammate Jeg Coughlin recorded a redlight in the final round.

“This team just continues to find a way to do it,” said Johnson, the 2012 NHRA world champion. “We want to win here for Mopar and Magneti Marelli. My guys step up and I step up when I need to step up. It’s a confidence thing and it’s a want-to thing and it’s deep in our gut and we just keep doing it.”

Johnson, who pilots a Team Mopar Dart, won his third Mile-High Nationals title in a row and the sixth of his career. He’s been to eight consecutive final rounds at Bandimere Speedway.

This was Johnson’s fourth win of the season and 24th of his career.

“The (Mile-High Nationals) was the first race I ever qualified for in 1996,” Johnson said. “This race is very important for us. It’s almost like the championship to us - it excites all the Mopar executives and everybody that comes out to watch us.”

It’s not as if Johnson needed any fuel to get going Sunday, considering the way he felt after he lost the No. 1 qualifier spot to Jason Line Saturday night.

“It’s definitely extra motivation,” Johnson said. “Those guys are a great bunch of guys and it put fire in my belly when he took my No.1 spot from me. It fired me up for (Sunday) and it fired Jeg up for (Sunday). When Jeg took him (Line) out in the semifinals I was ready to jump on the hood of his car when he came around the corner. It put both of us in the finals and it was a great day at that point. Jeg is a great teammate and we are perfect teammates. He is that good. He amazes me.”

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