[122] The 2020 season started with the Daytona 500 qualifying, he finished fourth for a second year in a row. In winning the race, Johnson became the first driver since Bobby Allison in 1982 to sweep both Daytona races in a season. To have Jimmie another seven-time champion as a part of the team, and his abilities both on track and off will be special for Petty GMS. Marc Lebryk-USA TODAY Sports Jimmie Johnson retired from NASCAR after the 2020 season, but the 46-year-old driver made headlines after saying he's open to returning to the sport to The. During that time, he became a legend winning a record 7 NASCAR Cup series titles tying him with Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt Sr. Team ownership makes so much sense at this stage of my career and after spending time with Maury and his family, talking with Mike (Beam), Dave (Elenz, crew chief of the No. Jimmie Johnson is returning to NASCAR on a part-time basis, including in this weekend's Daytona 500. Updated Feb 19, 2023 at 8:39pm. 88. 84 Chevrolet for Legacy Motor Club, formerly Petty GMS Motorsports, throughout the 2023 season. In the finale, Johnson raced conservatively to a ninth-place finish to secure his sixth title. The two-time Daytona 500 winner and seven-time Cup Series champion reached a top speed of 194.25 mph around the 2 1/2-mile superspeedway. Browse more videos Playing next 2:28 Jimmie Johnson and Travis Pastrana WILL RACE in the 2023 Daytona 500 _ NASCAR Sports Collection 5:59 Jimmie Johnson is making a return to the Cup Series. He also entered the event one year later, which his team, Howard-Boss Motorsports, finished second. [41][42], After the 2008 season, Johnson became the second driver to win three consecutive NASCAR Cup Series championships, the first being Cale Yarborough. 48. Johnson started the Chase seeded in second place. In 2000, People recognized Johnson as one of their "Men in the Fast Lane".[204]. 48 team guided Johnson to five consecutive championships between 2016-2010. He is tied in first with Dale Earnhardt Sr. and Richard Petty for most NASCAR Cup Series championships, with 7. In the 2007 event, Johnson was eliminated before the quarter-finals by Formula One driver Sbastien Bourdais of France.[171][172]. [18][45][46][47] Johnson had been fighting for the championship with Denny Hamlin all season, but eventually passed him in points in the season finale at Homestead. [51] After finishing in the first 15 positions in the next four races, Johnson failed to finish the Coca-Cola 600 after his engine failed. [81] One week later, Johnson finished 22nd after spinning sideways late in the race. [91] At Charlotte, he spun out on two occasions. [148], Johnson's only Top 10 of the playoffs came in his final start with a fifth-place finish in the Season Finale 500 at Phoenix; he was the highest-finishing driver of those not in the Championship Round. In 2013, Johnson began his season with a 14th-place finish in the 2013 Sprint Unlimited when he crashed on lap 14 along with Kyle Busch, Kurt Busch, Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon, and Denny Hamlin. Johnson had a chance to win the championship coming into the November 20 season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, but finished fifth in points after crashing at the midway point of the event with a tire problem. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. At Bristol, he avoided tight trouble early in the race and came home second to polesitter Matt Kenseth. Johnson learned from some of the best and found an early mentor in motocross and supercross champion Rick Johnson (the two men are not related). He went on to finish 12th in the spring event at Martinsville after being involved in a crash on the first green-white-checker attempt. At the season finale at Homestead, Johnson finished ninth and closed out finishing 11th in points. 9 Chevrolet, qualified 32nd for what will be his third Cup Series race. [10][18][19], Johnson began racing full-time in the Winston Cup Series during the 2002 season. He rebounded at Bristol by finishing 4th but had bad luck once more at Darlington. Johnson opened up the Chase in a rough way. Johnson and Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jeff Gordon are featured on the cover of NASCAR 06: Total Team Control, highlighting Team Control, the main addition of the game. Johnson said the meetings came through his longtime agent Alan Miller, who also represents Petty GMS driver Erik Jones. He also remained the only driver to qualify for the Chase every year since its inception in 2004. Details. Johnson noted he was "so happy to be alive and OK. [112][113][114] At Watkins Glen, Johnson finished 19th after being spun out by Ryan Blaney, leading to an argument between the two after the race. May 23, 2022 at 11:33 a.m. EDT. At Dover, Johnson led 90 laps but once again received a pit road penalty with 105 laps to go, costing him a win. Jimmie Johnson. After winning in 2013 and 2016, he became the third driver to become a seven-time champion. Johnson was born in Ronda, North Carolina, the fourth of seven children of Lora Belle (Money) and Robert Glenn Johnson, Sr. His family is of Ulster Scots descent, and settled in the foothills of North Carolina in the eighteenth century. Posted on . But Petty GMS is a Chevrolet team, and Ganassi runs Hondas, casting doubt on whether the manufacturer conflict would preclude Johnson from returning to the team at the Brickyard. On January 11, 2022, Johnson announced Charlotte FC's first ever MLS draft pick, and the first overall draft pick of the 2022 MLS SuperDraft, when Charlotte drafted Ben Bender out of the University of Maryland, College Park.[206]. Throughout this season, he won seven races (including a third consecutive Checker Auto Parts 500 and both Dover races), four poles, 16 Top 5's, and 24 Top 10 finishes. [136] On top of that, his crew committed a penalty for too many crew members over the wall. With five laps to go, Johnson led a lane with Greg Biffle and Danica Patrick. It fired off OK with a lot of grip. Johnson fell down the grid and was involved in a last-lap accident, prompting him to finish 20th. Johnson's consistency was enough that there were points in the summer where he was more than a full two-race wins' worth of points ahead of Carl Edwards or Clint Bowyer. [224], Johnson, along with teammates Chase Elliott, Alex Bowman, and William Byron, were featured on the cover of NASCAR Heat 3. [13] He continued his limited slate in 1999 with Herzog Motorsports before moving to a full-time schedule in 2000. And, about 150 years later, Junior's family kept the tradition going in order to survive. [142][143] The final race, the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona, began with a strong first stage for Johnson as he finished fifth, ahead of Byron and DiBenedetto. Johnson's Cup ride, the No. The following week, Ken Squire sat down with the tri. Alongside Pagenaud and Kobayashi, he will participate in all IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup races for 2021 which include Sebring, Watkins Glen and Road Atlanta. Johnson was ranked No. The number 48 is retired from all sports teams uniforms at his school and Johnson was inducted into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame. 84. Jimmie Johnson. This marked his fourth consecutive win in the fall race, and third consecutive win on that track, having also won the spring race. Jimmie Johnson Is Back: The Racing Legend Discusses His Return to NASCAR Ahead of the Daytona 500 While preparing for Sunday's storied contest, the racing great gave us insight on his career's. Hired to drive the team's second Chevrolet, Neil Bonnett went winless in 1984. This locked him into the Championship 4 for the final race at Homestead. Jimmie Johnson sent a jolt through the track when he shot to the top of the leaderboard in practice for the Daytona 500. In the STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway, Johnson recorded a ninth-place finish after moving through the field after qualifying 24th. RELATED:These 10 Whopping Homes & Cars Of Celebrities Look Amazing! Endorsements add another $10 million every year. [23] Johnson had a total of eight wins, 20 Top 5's and 23 Top 10 finishes. Evan Malbone Johnson (1791-1865), American priest and religious writer. Next: The Xfinity Series rolls on to Phoenix Raceway for a March 11 race. With Jimmie adding on with his popularity and the people he knows and we dont know, it had to be a heck of a deal. A few days later in the Toyota 500 at the same track, Johnson bounced back with an eighth-place finish in the same track. [69] In the Pocono 400, he recorded a fourth-place finish after starting 24th on the grid. Jeffrey Earnhardt finished three laps down in 29th. With Kenseth finishing 23rd, Johnson took a 28-point lead to the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. He went on to finish fourth followed by a third-place finish at the rain-shortened Coke Zero Sugar 400 a week later, his best finishes of the season. [179][180], Johnson was born on September 17, 1975[3] in El Cajon, California,[181] the son of Catherine Ellen "Cathy" (ne Dunnill) and Gary Ernest Johnson. [49] During the last race of the regular season, the Wonderful Pistachios 400, Johnson finished in the 31st position. In the 2009 season, Johnson recorded his fourth consecutive championship, becoming the only driver to win four back-to-back season titles. The foundation supports several charities, including Habitat for Humanity, Hendrick Marrow Program, Make-A-Wish Foundation, and Victory Junction. And is now a NASCAR team owner. AVONDALE, Ariz. Jimmie Johnson relished the chance to get back into a NASCAR Cup Series car even if it likely won't help him much when he attempts to qualify for the . During 2010, Johnson won his fifth consecutive championship, becoming the third driver who made up points to win the title since 1975. Johnson won his first Cup Series championship in 2006 and with further wins in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010, he became the first and only driver in NASCAR history[1] to win five consecutive championships. His second victory of the season came in the fifth race, the Auto Club 400, where Johnson passed Harvick in an overtime finish. "[15] Otherwise, in a rather uneventful season which featured one DNQ at Daytona and six Top 10's, he finished tenth in the point standings. [49] While at Chicagoland Speedway for the GEICO 400, Johnson finished 10th. At Richmond, he led 44 laps early in the race and finished third. During the season, he won seven races (including a sweep at Phoenix), a career-high of six poles, 15 Top 5's, and 22 Top 10's. Johnson spent the next several races chasing Matt Kenseth for the points lead, eventually gaining it at Talladega, though losing it when he and Kenseth tied for the points lead at Martinsville. Published: Jan. 11, 2023 at 6:49 PM PST. Subsequent victories in the Coca-Cola 600, the Pocono 500, and the Pennsylvania 500 came in the middle of the season, seeing Johnson sweep the Pocono races. Returning to Daytona, Johnson started 12th and led 35 laps before finishing second to Dale Earnhardt Jr., in a repeat of the Talladega race. He led 43 of the first 80 laps before he cut a right-front tire that knocked a spark plug loose and affected the handling of the car. [59] On May 6, 2012, Johnson started 19th in the Aaron's 499 at Talladega, but finished 35th after suffering a broken oil pump belt on lap 62. [168] On September 26, 2022, Johnson announced that he would be stepping back from racing full-time. Erica Johnson, Canadian broadcaster and journalist. This snapped a 663-race streak in which Johnson started a Cup event. By Cindy Boren. One highlight of the season was when he saved the car from slamming into the wall when he spun out during qualifications at the first Dover race. 48 team. 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Who had a good race: Hill, who has been strong on superspeedways, showed he also can succeed on mid-range tracks. The contact ripped off the left rear quarter-panel. In a few weeks, Ally president Andreas Brimmer and Jimmie Johnson would tell Sweet on a video call that he would have his chance to get his design on Johnson's car. [32] He and the team kept their hopes up[33] and rallied with five straight Top 2 finishes including a win at Martinsville to come back from eighth in the points standings to take the championship. After having two separate spins, he drove his way through a large multicar accident off turn 2, involving Playoff drivers Matt Kenseth and Jamie McMurray, and rebounded with an 11th-place finish. He had the dominant car of the race, leading 182 of 267 laps. [170] He still attended the event to cheer for teammate Travis Pastrana. He refused the deal and continued racing buggies and trucks in off-road stadium and desert races. In total, Johnson had four consecutive wins at his sponsor (Lowe's) sponsored track in Charlotte, North Carolina. Sitaras' initial assessment found that half of his body was much tighter, having acclimated to offsetting the g-force load from turning left while driving. Chase Elliott 2020 #9 NAPA Darlington Throwback 1/24 Camaro Lionel ACTION. A fourth-place finish the following week at Darlington allowed Johnson to further solidify his point lead over Edwards. Also in the process, he snapped a 20-race-winless-streak. In 2008 Jimmie Johnson also raced in his first-ever truck series race, the O'Reilly 200 at Bristol, where he led 28 laps before spinning out on lap 101. 48 Chevrolet Impala is one of the twelve playable NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock cars in the 2010 racing video game Gran Turismo 5. [49] Two weeks later, Johnson found himself finishing 19th during the Brickyard 400 after coming to pit road with 30 laps remaining in the event. Lose on the track, and you go home. He was able to work his way through the field to finish in third place. He became the only driver to record three wins in each of their first seven seasons. Feedback on our suggestions. In 2004, he started racing in Grand-Am with the 24 Hours of Daytona, where he finished eighth. Between 2002 and 2017, Johnson recorded seven championships, 83 career race wins,[2] 222 top fives, 341 top tens, and 35 pole positions. During a news conference Friday, Johnson said he initially planned to run eight to 10 races in the NTT IndyCar Series next year, as well as sports car races, in 2023. [67] Next, in the Coca-Cola 600, Johnson finished 11th in the race after a penalty on lap 354. FOX NASCAR Insider. [79] Afterward, he placed fourth in the first Budweiser Duel, resulting in a ninth-place starting position in the 2013 Daytona 500. Although the three bubble drivers avoided a late wreck in the final stage, Johnson was collected in "The Big One" with two laps remaining. During that stretch, in the 2017 Brickyard 400 on a late race restart, Johnson's Lowe's-sponsored Chevrolet started billowing smoke while running in third-place. Through Johnson's 19 full-time season at NASCAR's highest level, he racked up 83 wins in 686 starts, including two Daytona 500 wins (2006, 2013), in addition to his record-tying seven . Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series Champion Jimmie Johnson returned to the NASCAR world after retiring from the sport in 2020. "I think it's hilarious," Johnson said. [124] It marked his 100th race in a row without a win. In the Chase for the Championship, he recorded 14 wins, eight more than any other driver. He also capitalized on Kenseth suffering from a poor-handling car. Johnson said he still has a "great relationship" with Chip Ganassi Racing, whom he raced with in IndyCar the past two seasons. This has got to be one of the biggest things that has happened to the Petty crowd and GMS. [164] Johnson refused to run the ovals due to safety concerns of racing open-wheel cars on them but after both driving the cars and watching teammate Tony Kanaan run on ovals, he ultimately agreed to run an oval test at Texas to prep himself for the Indianapolis 500.[165]. 48 fails post-race inspection; Jimmie Johnson disqualified at Charlotte", "Starting lineup for Martinsville Cup race | NASCAR", "Stage results for Martinsville NASCAR Cup Series race | NASCAR", "Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano split stage wins at Martinsville", "How Jimmie Johnson and other NASCAR drivers came together in solidarity with Bubba Wallace at Talladega", "NASCAR at Talladega results: Ryan Blaney took the checkered flag, but Bubba Wallace won", "Johnson to miss Brickyard 400 due to COVID-19", "NASCAR's Jimmie Johnson can race again after he tests negative twice for COVID-19: 'It's been an emotional journey', "Brad Keselowski Says Jimmie Johnson Spin was Unavoidable", "Brad Keselowski spins Jimmie Johnson on late Kentucky restart | NASCAR", "Some Jimmie Johnson fans are wondering if the NASCAR driver is jinxed this season", "Jimmie Johnson, others caught in multi-car crash at Kansas | NASCAR", "Jimmie Johnson with up and down day in final Loudon race", "Jimmie Johnson gets paint scheme "reset" for rest of 2020 season", "What drivers said after Daytona road course race", "Final NASCAR playoff spot will likely come down to Jimmie Johnson vs. William Byron", "William Byron has narrow lead over Jimmie Johnson for final playoff spot", "William Byron wins at Daytona as teammate Jimmie Johnson misses playoffs in final season", "Chance at eighth championship escapes Jimmie Johnson | NASCAR", "Jimmie Johnson dressed like Dale Earnhardt, Richard Petty before Southern 500 throwback race", "Hendrick Darlington throwbacks to honor Jimmie Johnson | NASCAR", "Lefty's dream: Jimmie Johnson's bond with young designer creates special No. Where else will Johnson compete in 2023? The first time was early in the race while running 16th coming out of turn 4 but he was lucky to avoid hitting anything. In the race, Johnson passed seven cars in the first four laps and reached the Top 20 by lap 50, while reaching the top ten by lap 165; Johnson finished sixth. Logano, who ran 186.053 miles per hour, edged William Byron (185.153) for the first starting spot. A two-time Daytona 500 champion, Johnson is one of only three drivers to win seven NASCAR Cup championships in the sport's history, along with the late Dale Earnhardt and stock-car. At Martinsville, Johnson started seventh but finished 39th after being involved in a crash early in the race. Following a 16th-place finish after the Kobalt Tools 400 he collected two consecutive Top 5 finishes. He also won at Las Vegas,[10] Auto Club, Texas, and Phoenix. Cameras followed him from January 2010 to the 52nd Daytona 500 held on February 14, 2010. [66] A week later, he matched Gordon and Dale Earnhardt with three wins in the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race after winning the 2012 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race. On December 15, 2021, Johnson announced that he would contest the full 2022 IndyCar schedule driving the No. In 2016, Johnson won his seventh championship, tying Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt for the most Cup Series championships of all time. Junior Johnson, a stock-car racing giant whose career spanned the sport's history from its moonshining roots to its modern era as a fierce, hard-nosed driver and an innovative mechanic and team. Johnson finished eighth the following week at Loudon. He recorded four pole positions and three wins (tying the rookie record set by Tony Stewart in 1999),[20] as well as six Top 5's and 21 Top 10 finishes. [28] Throughout the season, he became the only modern era driver to win at least three races in each of his first five seasons. He rebounded with an 11th-place finish in Phoenix and a ninth-place finish at California, his first Top 10 there in two years. At Las Vegas, Johnson crashed twice into the outside wall, leaving him with a 41st-place finish. Later during a caution on lap 362, he lost fuel pressure but was able to get the car refired and stayed on the lead lap again. This is a life-changing opportunity for me, and one I had to take, Johnson, 47, said. That victory also marked the 75th of his NASCAR Cup Series career, putting him one race win short of tying Dale Earnhardt's career wins. He returned to the event two years later but lost the quarter finals 02 to Mattias Ekstrm of Sweden who was DTM German Touring Car champion that year.
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