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. 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.

Unfortunately, Kurt’s encounters with miscommunication did not end there.  On Tuesday night, Johnson, his wife Kathy, and their three children (daughter Erin, sons Conner and Jarrett) headed over to a local soccer field where KJ’s oldest son Conner’s (who turned 11 eleven earlier this year) team was scheduled to play their first playoff game. Joining with the families of other team members, the Johnsons set up their lawn chairs and coolers while the team took to the field for their pre-match warm-ups.  The only thing missing was the other team.

Once again, inquiries were made, and it was soon discovered that the local soccer commission had decided earlier in the day to postpone the game until Thursday, and had informed the coaches by e-mail.  Unfortunately, Conner’s coach had not checked his e-mail since Tuesday morning, and was unaware of the change.  Even so, the team took advantage of the situation by scrimmaging against a highly-ranked team of fourteen-year-old girls, further sharpening their skills for Thursday’s crucial tilt.

Naturally, Kurt looks for a return to normalcy this weekend as he and his ACDelco Cobalt crew head to Bristol Dragway for the O’Reilly Thunder Valley Nationals.

“To say the least, it’s been an interesting start to the week,” said Johnson.  “Fortunately, I was still able to attend Erin’s career day, and had a lot of fun doing it, and I will still be able to attend Conner’s soccer game before heading up to Bristol.  Through it all I did learn something interesting, and that is that a mistake is now called a typo.  It’s not an error, it’s not a screw up – it’s a typo.  That’s a new one.

“Hopefully, we’ve gotten all of the craziness out of the way, and can get back to our normal routine in Tennessee.  One thing is for sure, and that is we will have no room for typos with our ACDelco Cobalt.  No typos allowed!”