bio
Professional Motorsports
2013–2016
Original driver of Scooby-Doo monster truck, Monster Jam
2014
First Female to Land Backflip in Competition, Scooby-Doo, Monster Jam
2011–2012
Driver of Tasmanian devil, Advanced Auto Parts Grinder, Disney XD, Monster Jam
2011
Rising Star Driver Award, Monster Jam
2011
9x Racing Winner, Most Racing Wins by Rookie or Female in Single Season, Monster Jam
2010
Fastest Queen Award, 2x Finisher, King of the Hammers
2009
3rd Place Sportsman Class, Dan Chittenden Fall Nationals, National Sand Drag Association
2009
Short Course Racing, 1600 Class, Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series
2008
First Female to Ever Cross Finish Line, King of the Hammers
2008–2010
4400 Class Competitor, King of the Hammers
2004–2010
Competitor, World Extreme Rockcrawling Western Series, ProRock Women's Nationals, XRRA Rock Racing
2004–2005
2x Rockcrawling National Champion, ProRock Women's Nationals
family life
the Johnsons
My husband Frank and I grew up in Southern California. After I graduated from Brigham Young University in 1996 with a degree in Construction Management, we moved to Las Vegas. In addition to being a licensed Nevada general contractor, I'm also a licensed Nevada REALTOR® Broker Salesperson at Realty ONE Group in Las Vegas.
Both of our fathers were from Hawaii, so when our boys were born, we gave them Hawaiian names, Palani and Kainoa. They get their height from my tall, skinny, Portuguese dad.
But who you really ought to be curious about is my mom. She loves going fast. Watch this if you don't believe me.
surreptitious stuff
10 Random Things
01
I can almost recite every line of The Wizard of Oz.
02
My mad skill of keeping a hula hoop spinning for at least half an hour won me a TV when I was eight months pregnant.
03
Gloin is not a word in the Scrabble Dictionary, although my Mom would bluff you into thinking so.
04
I won't have anything to do with mushrooms.
05
I have jumped my truck over an airplane.
06
When I was six, I convinced my parents that I solved the Rubik's Cube, all the while surreptitiously peeling and rearranging the stickers.
07
This is the second time ever that I've used the word surreptitiously in a sentence.
08
Chocolate is my favorite food group.
09
I used to perform hula dancing (not to be confused with hula hooping) at a Chinese restaurant in high school.
10
I always wanted to be on TV as a kid. Nicole Johnson's Detour is a dream come true!