Jimmie Kenneth Johnson (born September 17, 1975 in El Cajon, California) is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala SS co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports. Johnson is the three-time reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup champion. He is one of only two drivers (the other: Cale Yarborough in 1976, '77, and '78) to win three consecutive Sprint Cup Series Championships.
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David Phillips is a long-time contributor to print and electronic publications in the U.S. and abroad, including Racer, Autosport, AutoWeek, Motor Sport and SPEEDtv.com, oversees the daily updating of news stories and assigns, e ...
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Tim Flock had his good luck charm in the early days of stock-car racing. Six decades later at the NASCAR Hall of Fame, Frances Flock had hers, too, paying homage to her late husband's fo ...
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Matt Kenseth is off to the fastest start of his NASCAR Sprint Cup career – and by fast, we mean, really fast. Competing for a new team at Joe Gibbs Racing, Kenseth, 41, has already won three races and will be one of the fa ...
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ALMOST THE ALL-STAR: Camry driver Kyle Busch finished third behind race-winner Jimmie Johnson and second- place Joey Logano in Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) All-Star race at Charlotte Motor Speed ...
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Last year: Dario Franchitti won the race for the third time. The Chip Ganassi Racing driver won a last-lap fight with Takuma Sato, their tires briefly touching to send Sato spinning hard into the wall. Ganassi te ...
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You could say Dale Earnhardt Jr. has some catching up to do. He’s winless at Charlotte Motor Speedway, where his Hendrick Motorsports teammates Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon and Kasey Kahne boast a combined 15 vic ...
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Greg Biffle isn’t happy unless he’s running in the top five consistently. So needless to say, at 13th in the Sprint Cup standings, the Roush Fenway Racing driver isn’t all that happy. Greg Biffle says his Roush Fenway Racing t ...
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Charlotte Motor Speedway is considered one of NASCAR's most historic tracks and plays host to two of the biggest Sprint Cup races each year, especially the Coca-Cola 600, NASCAR's longest race. Here's a look ...
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