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Overview
Jimmie Kenneth Johnson 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 two-time defending NASCAR Sprint Cup champion.
- Born: Jimmie Kenneth Johnson (1975-09-17) September 17, 1975 (age 45) El Cajon, California
- Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
- Weight: 175 lb (79 kg)
- Achievements: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2016 NASCAR Cup Series Champion Tied with Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt for the most NASCAR Cup Series Championships (7) 2003, 2006, 2012, 2013 NASCAR All-Star Race Winner 2005, 2019 Advance Auto Parts Clash Winner 2006, 2013 Daytona 500 Winner 2003, 2004, 2005, 2014 Coca-Cola 600 Winner 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012 Brickyard 400 Winner 2004, 2012 Bojangles' Southern 500 Winner 11 wins at Dover International Speedway (including 2 sweeps in 2002 and 2009) 9 wins at Martinsville Speedway (including a sweep in 2007, and 2006–2008, 2012, 2016 Chase race wins) 8 wins at Charlotte Motor Speedway (including sweeps in 2004 and 2005, and Chase race wins in 2004–2005, 2009, and 2016) 7 wins at Texas Motor Speedway (including a sweep in 2015, and 5 Chase race wins) 2010 Prelude to the Dream Winner Six off-road racing championships
- Awards: 1998 ASA National Tour Rookie of the Year 2009 Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013 Driver of the Year
- 2019 position: 18th
- Best finish: 104th (2008)
- First race: 2008 O'Reilly 200 (Bristol)
- Last race: 2013 Dollar General 200 (Phoenix)
- First win: 2001 Sam's Club Presents the Hills Bros. Coffee 300 (Chicago)
- Last win: 2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism (Dover)
