[sammyg2]

He's best drag racer in history, both from a winning standpoint and from the ability to control a car.
He is famous for his "pedal fests" where the tires go up in smoke, he catches it, pedals the throttle, and saves it to win the race no matter how sideways the car gets.
10 years ago almost no one would do that, except John. The reason was that is was not considered safe to do it. These engines cannot be run at partial throttle, it is either on or off and even then pedaling the car can and often doses cause a catistrophic emplosion.
Everyone else would just give up and coast down, John would get back in the throttle over and over and not give up until the race was over.
Pedaling a car is more common now as most drivers have studied the films and learned how to do it.
John is also famous for his rambling during interviews where he talks fast and shares a whole bunch of phrases and cliches that show his character.
He is a good old boy who calls his car "this ole hot rod" and describes a race like "boy she was really trucking near the big end" and will wear the same white nomex race suit until it is nearly black from a fire.
He does not fit the mold but has a huge fan base because regular guys can identify with him.
He is also a target for some of the other drivers, Whit Bazemore has tried over and over to get a feud going but John doesn't want to play, he just ignores Whit and it drives him crazy. Well, except for that one time when John had enough and punched him out............