Junior Johnson
Race car driver, Person
1931 – 2019
Who was Junior Johnson?
Robert Glenn Johnson, Jr., better known as Junior Johnson, was one of the early superstars of NASCAR in the 1950s and 1960s. He won 50 NASCAR races in his career before retiring in 1966. In the 1970s and 1980s, he became a NASCAR racing team owner; he sponsored such NASCAR champions as Cale Yarborough and Darrell Waltrip. He produced a line of fried pork skins and country ham. He is credited as the first to use the drafting technique in stock car racing. He was nicknamed "The Last American Hero" and his autobiography is of the same name. In May 2007, Johnson teamed with Piedmont Distillers of Madison, North Carolina, to introduce the company's second moonshine product, called "Midnight Moon Moonshine".
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- Born
- Jun 28, 1931
Ronda, NC - Spouses
- Lisa Johnson
(1994 - )
- Lisa Johnson
- Lived in
- North Carolina
- Died
- Dec 20, 2019
Charlotte, NC
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on July 23, 2013
Modified by JokerGem
on April 17, 2023
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