Jimmie Johnson Biography

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James Kenneth Johnson (born September 17, 1975, El Cajon, California) is a current NASCAR NEXTEL Cup race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS and Chevrolet Impala SS owned by his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Rick Hendrick's Hendrick Motorsports. In his rookie year he became the first rookie in the Cup series to sweep both races at a track when he won both races at Dover International Speedway. He became the first rookie ever to lead in the point standings (and to date the only rookie to do so). He is the only driver to finish in the top five in the standings in his first five full seasons. He has never finished below fifth in the final NEXTEL Cup points standings and finished second twice (in 2003 and 2004) and won the 2006 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup championship. Since his rookie season Johnson ranks second among all active drivers with an average of 4.5 wins a season (behind Jeff Gordon's 5.6) and second in average top 10 finishes a season with 21.25 (behind Tony Stewart's 21.28). In 2006, Johnson became the only driver to win the Daytona 500, Allstate 400 at the Brickyard and the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Championship all in the same year. He is the only driver to win three Coca-Cola 600s in a row. He also holds the record at Lowe's Motor Speedway with four straight wins and five total point race wins at the track.

When Winston Cup champion Jeff Gordon decided to try to hand at team ownership, Jimmie Johnson was selected as his driver. Johnson, who made three Winston Cup starts for Hendrick Motorsports in 2001 and notched a 25th-place finish, competes as a rookie in 2002 for the Gordon-Hendrick team.

Johnson got off to a good start in 2002 by winning the pole for the season-opening Daytona 500 Johnson finished 8th in the Busch Series standings in 2001. He won one race, notched four top-5 finishes and nine top-10s. His win came at the inagural BGN race at Chicagoland.

In 2000, Johnson finished 10th in the Busch Series, finishing in the top-10 six times. He finished third in the Busch Rookie of the Year standings.

Johnson has won several racing championships, including the Mickey Thompson Stadium Championships (1992-94), the 1994 SCORE Desert Championship, and the SODA Winter Series Championship (1996-97). Has also won Rookie of the Year honors in the ASA ACDelco Challenge Series, the SCORE Truck Trophy Series and the MTEG Series.

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Awards

• 2009 Sprint Cup Champion
• 2008 Sprint Cup Champion
• 2007 Sprint Cup Champion
• 2006 NEXTEL Cup Champion
• 2006 Daytona 500 winner
• 2006 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard winner
• 1998 ASA Rookie of the Year
• Off-road championships in SODA, SCORE International and Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group

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