Tommy Johanns

Blown Away Racing

The off season has been busier than ever for Blown Away Racing. We have many new additions to the team. All the way from the crew to a couple of brand new BAE 526 Hemis that we are all thrilled to be running. We want to thank Art Evans over at Arts Accurate Auto Body for allowing us to use the paint booth there, along with crew member Bill Oberman and John Pugh with Gunslinger Graphics for painting the car and air brushing the body.

Bill Obermann has two daughters, Erica 21 and Amber 18. While he's not at All American 4 X 4 working he is drag racing, hanging with his daughters or volunteering at the animal shelter in Castle Rock. Bill has out done himself this off season. To start with he repaired the entire body of the car. Fixing every crack, ding and scratch on the body. He painted the frame and body before John Pugh worked his magic with the air brush. Bill is a huge asset to Blown Away Racing and we're happy to have him on the team.

Lee Kent is 35 years old and is the newest addition to the team. He has a wife, Dawn and they have three kids Cheyanne who is 11, Sheridyn who is 9 and Colton who is 8. Lee is a Mercedes Benz technician. He enjoys going to his kid's soccer games and activities on the weekends. He also races Pro ATV. He has raced in the Pikes Peak Hill Climb and done pretty well in the past. He is looking forward to competing again this year at the Hill Climb.

Nick Johanns is 19 years old. He is a driller at High Country Directional Drilling Inc. When he's not working or racing, he enjoys going to concerts, riding his ATV and most of all hanging with his girlfriend Ashlyn. Nick has a twelve second Corvette that he races on the off weekends of pro mod. He is looking forward to running it this year and winning races.

Connie Johanns is the proud owner of Blown Away Racing. She allows her husband Tommy to drive the race car. They have two sons, Nick who is 19 and Ryan who is 13. Her occupation is cooking and cleaning and she enjoys harassing the crew at the shop and the track.

Steve Graves is 42 and he will be in-charge of making the car go down the track. He is married to Shawnette. They have two sons, Brock who is 21 and Blayne who is 19. Steve owns Mile High Performance. They specialize in high performance boats and making things go fast. He enjoys going to the track and seeing the car go from A to B.

Brock Graves is 21 years old. He is in-charge of machining for Blown Away Racing. He is a full time student at CU Denver. He is going for his mechanical engineering degree. He is currently employed at UPS loading trucks. He enjoys hanging with friends and meeting girls.

Tommy Johanns is 46 and getting younger every time he goes down the track. He is married to his wife Connie who allows him to drive her car. They have two sons Nick and Ryan. He owns Foothills Utility and High Country Directional Drilling. Tom works hard but plays harder and he is excited for the 2008 race season.

Blayne Graves is 19 years old. He is a technician at Mile High Performance. When he is not working at the shop he is trying to find sponsorship to go racing. He enjoys working on race cars and hanging with friends.

Steve Dudden is married to his wife Karen. They have two kids, Beka and Alex. When Steve is not running his shop, All American 4 X 4, he enjoys riding dirt bikes, boating and traveling the country in his motor home with his family.

All of us at Blown Away Racing are very excited for this year's race season. Our goal was to race the entire West Coast Pro Mod Series, but it looks like we're going to come up short on the first race. Between work and waiting on parts and supplies for the car we won't make Billings but we will be at the rest.

We're especially excited about the series coming to Colorado. All of us want to win but if we could win the Colorado race it would be great. This is going to be a huge learning year for all of us but we are feeling really good about it. The team chemistry is great. This is the first time we've all worked together and it seems like we've been together for a couple of seasons now. It's going to be a great year and we're all stoked for the season to start.