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#Jimmy johnson racer series
In 2006 Johnson won five races and his first Nextel Cup Series championship. He finished the 2005 season 5th in the Nextel Cup Series points. In 2005 Johnson stayed in the top five in the points standings all year, winning 4 races. In 2004 Johnson had 8 wins, 20 top-fives, 23 top-tens and he finished the year 2nd in the point standings. He finished the season second in the Winston Cup Series points standings to Matt Kenseth. In 2003 Johnson once again won 3 races, had 14 top-five finishes and 20 top-ten finishes. Johnson finished the season 5th in the points standings, and had won 3 races.
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In 2002, Johnson started racing full time in the Winston Cup Series. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career 2002–2005 Gordon became part owner and Johnson's car, the #48. Hendrick gave Johnson an offer to drive for him. Gordon liked Johnson, and after the talk Gordon suggested Johnson to team owner Rick Hendrick.
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It was at this time that Johnson was teamed up with crew chief Chad Knaus who he still works with today.Īt a driver's meeting before the Nationwide Series race at Michigan International Speedway, Johnson asked NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Jeff Gordon for advice.
He won his first and only Nationwide Series race in 2001 at the Hills Brothers Coffee 300 at Chicagoland Speedway in his 81st start in the series. He drove for Herzog Motorsports, and finished 10th in the points standings. In 2000, Johnson raced the full season in the Nationwide Series. He won twice and finished 3rd in the ASA series. In 1999, Johnson raced in both the ASA Series and the Nationwide Series. Johnson also started to race in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Johnson ended the season fourth in points, and he won the Rookie of the Year award. He had only raced in six stock car races in his life before the season. In 1998, Johnson started racing in the American Speed Association (ASA) series. Fischel was the head of Motorsports at General Motors, who owns the Chevrolet brand Johnson drives for today. While he was off road racing, he met Herb Fischel. Johnson left motorcycle racing and went on to drive in some off-road races.
Johnson started racing on motorcycles when he was five years old. Johnson is married to Chandra Janway, and they had their first child, which was a girl named Genevieve Marie Johnson on July 7th, 2010. In 2010 Johnson became the only driver to win five Sprint Cup Series Championships in a row.
In 2019, Johnson said that the 2020 NASCASR season would be his final year competing in the entire schedule. 48 Chevrolet Camaro for Hendrick Motorsports in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Jimmie Kenneth Johnson (born September 17, 1975) is an American stock car driver from El Cajon, California. NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series careerĢ008 O'Reilly 200 ( Bristol Motor Speedway)
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