“Jeff Gordon won the championship the year before in that equipment and I didn’t have the most glorious Xfinity career," Johnson said. "I knew I would have time but I knew I’d buy more time if I won a race and to be able to win in my rookie season and get my first in at ...
A biography of race car driver Jimmie Johnson is presented. He was born on September 17, 1975 in El Cajon, California with a name that originated from his father's best friend who was killed in racing motorcycle when he was a teenager. He grew up in a double-wide mobile home with his...
You have to execute all day as a race-car driver, and there are a few guys that are really good at superspeedways, and they’re the ones that are always up there. “For my Cup career at Daytona, especially, I finished relatively well in every start, so I’m not really sure why...
Jimmie Johnson made his final NASCAR Cup Series start as a full-time driver in Sunday’s Season Finale 500 at Phoenix Raceway. As the seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion rides into the next phase of his racing career with 83 career victories, his fellow peers took time to share how Jo...
Jimmie Johnson, a seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion, will attempt to lock into the field for the Daytona 500 and Coca-Cola 600 in 2025. Johnson will pilot the No. 84 Carvana Toyota Camry XSE for LEGACY MOTOR CLUB.
But in that race, Johnson put up a Phoenix career-low 71.5 driver rating and an 18.9 ARP. He also ran the fastest lap once in the race's 312 laps, after running the fastest lap in 10.5 percent of laps in the previous 13 races there. The Eliminator: Phoenix For those of you new to...
While there’s some of that on his Spotify playlist, Johnson said his taste can be broken down into “three prongs” – the alternative and grunge music he loved in high school, country music he began discovering after moving to Wisconsin early in his racing career, and artists his ...
Johnson is asymptomatic. "My first priority is the health and safety of my loved ones and my teammates,” Johnson said. “I’ve never missed a race in my Cup career, but I know it’s going to be very hard to watch from the sidelines when I’m supposed to be out there competing. ...
His performance has fallen off slightly in recent years. Johnson has 83 career NASCAR Cup Series victories, but he hasn’t won a race since 2017. Johnson is scheduled to conduct a press conference on Thursday to provide further details on his decision. ...
I hadn’t been there in a while, so to have all that energy and excitement to go to the race track, to perform and run well all race long.” Even with his early season momentum and that energetic vibe, Johnson recalls that his No. 48 Monte Carlo wasn’t the fastest car that ...