Jimmie Johnson

Who is Jimmie Johnson?

Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is an American stock car racing driver and a seven-time champion in the NASCAR Cup Series. He famously drove the No. 48 Lowe's/Kobalt Tools/Ally Financial Chevrolet SS for Hendrick Motorsports but now competes on a limited schedule in the No. 84 Legacy Motor Club Chevrolet.

Johnson was born in El Cajon, California, and began racing motorcycles at the age of four. After graduating from Granite Hills High School he competed in off-road series. He raced in Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group, Short-course Off-road Drivers Association and SCORE International, winning rookie of the year in each series. In 1998, Johnson and his team, Herzog Motorsports, began stock car racing. He moved to the national American Speed Association series for late model touring cars, and won another rookie of the year title. In 2000, he switched to the NASCAR Busch Series.

He moved to Hendrick Motorsports in the Cup Series in 2002. After finishing fifth in the points in his first full season, he was second in 2003 and 2004 and fifth in 2005. Johnson won his first Cup series championship in 2006 and with further wins in 2007, 2008, 2009 and in 2010 became the only driver in NASCAR history to win five consecutive championships. With his final titles coming in 2013 and 2016, Johnson has enjoyed legendary status before even dreaming of retiring.

Johnson competed in the Indycar Series from 2021-22 driving for Chip Ganassi but struggled to find the same success in the open-wheel circuit as he enjoyed in stock cars. He has also performed admirably in his few IMSA sportscar appearances in 2021 and 2022.