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Warren Johnson trying to stay Pro Stock's grand master

By Bill Stephens
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

"That's racing," shrugged Warren Johnson. It's become a typical response from the winningest driver in NHRA Pro Stock history, whenever he is asked about his most recent quarter-mile defeat. This time, the loss was a particularly disappointing one, on a holeshot, at the hands of V. Gaines -- a driver who has exactly 93 fewer career national event wins than the man who has come to be known as "The Professor." And the loss came Sunday at the 27th Lucas Oil Nationals in Brainerd, Minn., Johnson' ...

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