Howard Johansen

Howard Johansen
Howard Johansen
Nationality	United States
Championship titles
1955	National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) C/Gas national title

Howard Johansen is an American gasser drag racer.^[1] He won the first ever National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) C/Gas national title, at Great Bend, Kansas, in 1955,.^[2]

History[]

Driving a 1955 Chevrolet, Johansen won NHRA's first ever C/Gas national title, at Great Bend, Kansas, in 1955. He recorded a speed of 94.53 mph (152.13 km/h).^[3] (His elapsed time was not recorded or has not been preserved.)

Johansen later founded the camshaft-grinding company .^[4] which sponsored several well-known racing cars, including (driven by , to a Top Fuel Eliminator win at the Hot Rod Magazine Championship Drag Races in 1968^[5]).

Notes[]

^ Davis, Larry. Gasser Wars (Cartech, 2003), p.180.
^ Davis, p.180.
^ Davis, p.180.
^ McClurg, Bob. Diggers, Funnies, Gassers and Altereds: Drag Racing's Golden Age. (CarTech Inc, 2013), p.47.
^ *Taylor, Thom. Untitled item in Hot Rod Magazine, February 2017, p. 11.

Sources[]

Davis, Larry. Gasser Wars, North Branch, MN: Cartech, 2003, pp.13 caption and 183-8.</ref>

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[1] Davis, Larry. Gasser Wars (Cartech, 2003), p.180.

[2] Davis, p.180.

[3] Davis, p.180.

[4] McClurg, Bob. Diggers, Funnies, Gassers and Altereds: Drag Racing's Golden Age. (CarTech Inc, 2013), p.47.

[5] *Taylor, Thom. Untitled item in Hot Rod Magazine, February 2017, p. 11.

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