The day Warren Johnson gets his new combination completely figured out will be the day the Pro Stock class pays. The veteran drag racer qualified No. 9 at a booming 208.26 miles per hour during the NHRA Fallnationals in Dallas, Tex.

“Looking at the stat sheet, we were quicker on every run, so we’re starting to get a handle on this new approach we’re using with this GM Performance Parts GXP, which is more driver-friendly in terms of getting it down the racetrack, because it doesn’t want to move around as much,” Johnson explained. “It also seems to have a bigger tuning window. The day Warren Johnson gets his new combination completely figured out will be the day the Pro Stock class pays. The veteran drag racer qualified No. 9 at a booming 208.26 miles per hour during the NHRA Fallnationals in Dallas, Tex.

“Looking at the stat sheet, we were quicker on every run, so we’re starting to get a handle on this new approach we’re using with this GM Performance Parts GXP, which is more driver-friendly in terms of getting it down the racetrack, because it doesn’t want to move around as much,” Johnson explained. “It also seems to have a bigger tuning window.

“Our challenge now is to start fine-tuning all the components around it.  We see there are areas that show signs of needing improvement, and we should be able to alleviate those obvious anomalies in short order.   I honestly believe there is another two hundredths left in it just from that fine-tuning, because these are parts that were generated off the prior set-up, similar to the way Kurt tunes his ACDelco Cobalt.

“There are lot of cars out here that can make four good runs, with the fifth being a complete disaster.  We’re now going on two races and a test session with this current set-up where we have gone from A to B each time.  Now that we have something we can really work with, it’s up to us to fine-tune it and make it work.”