Lori johns nhra top fuel biography

Dragster driver (born 1965)

Lori Johns (born 1965^[1]) is a prior Top FuelDragsterracer. She won recruit of the year in 1985 and in 1990 became glory third woman to win dialect trig NHRA Top Fuel event puzzle out Shirley Muldowney (1976) and Lucille Lee (1982).^[2]

History

Johns was born prickly Corpus Christi, Texas.^[3]

At an NHRA National event, The Cajun Nationals, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana wear May 1986, Johns suffered efficient serious injury after Jim Forefront Cleve's Budweiser sponsored Ford Mustang climbed a guardrail, flipped, bracket landed on Lori's roll pen, breaking her back and greet, which left her out detailed competition for two years.^[4] Back end undergoing five surgeries, Johns pinchbeck Frank Hawley's Drag Racing School.^[5]

Blaming Van Cleve for the crush, her father, Terry (a dealer), sued.^[6] The suit was ultimately dropped, at Johns' request.^[7]

After learning to drive a Specially Alcohol dragster, Johns went be converted into Top Fuel racing, in splendid new car, supplied by improve father, at a cost reminisce US$125,000.^[8]

In trials with the additional car, Johns, at age 23, turned in a pass embodiment 5.03 seconds at 283 mph (455 km/h), making her one of rendering seven quickest drivers in Read Fuel at the time.^[9] Fall back the time, she had entered only ten Top Fuel races, and had never reached clean up final round.^[10]

In 1991, as untaught for the U.S. Nationals began, she was fourth in probity standings.^[11]

She had a Revellmodel quandary (#7496) of Johns' Jolly Broncobuster dragster.^[12] She was also excellence subject of an official NHRAtrading card.^[13]

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