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12 unusual facts about Jimmie Johnson


1980 Los Angeles Rams season

Rams also picked off five passes, two of which were returned for TD's by Jimmie Johnson and Rod Perry.

2004 Hendrick Motorsports aircraft crash

Hendrick Motorsports won the race as a team victory but after the race was over, NASCAR immediately summoned all the Hendrick Motorsports drivers– including the race winner Jimmie Johnson– to the NASCAR hauler and all victory lane ceremonies were cancelled.

Aric Almirola

Hendrick Motorsports named Almirola a standby driver for the No. 48 team in case Jimmie Johnson needed to leave for the birth of his daughter.

Brian Whitesell

Hendrick Motorsports added a second team in 2002 in the #48 car driven by Jimmie Johnson.

Darian Grubb

Grubb spent four years as an assistant with Hendrick Motorsports, before taking over the crew chief job temporarily for Jimmie Johnson's team at the 2006 Daytona 500, after regular crew chief Chad Knaus was suspended.

Jarit Johnson

He has two brothers: Jimmie, a six-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion, is the oldest of the three brothers; and Jessie, the youngest.

Brother of NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson and a former NASCAR competitios, he currently competes in off-road racing, driving in the TORC: The Off Road Championship series.

Jimmie Johnson's Anything with an Engine

On August 23, 2011, Johnson competed in the Zippo 200 at the Glen at Watkins Glen International, driving the No. 7 Jimmie Johnson's Anything with an Engine Chevrolet Impala for JR Motorsports.

Kent Hull

One more year of joy and frustration occurred in 1992, when the Bills won the AFC east division title again, beating the Houston Oilers in a wild-card game of the 1992–93 NFL playoffs, the Pittsburgh Steelers in the divisional round, the Miami Dolphins in the AFC championship game, but losing to the Jimmie Johnson-led Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl XXVII.

Marion Cox

Even though Yarborough had his championship wins record broken by Jimmie Johnson (in 2009) after defending it since 1978, he is still notable for being employed under Mr. Marion Cox.

Mobile phone content advertising

Motorsport advertising has been prevalent, especially to replace tobacco; in 2000, Alltel sponsored a car in the NASCAR Busch Series for Herzog Motorsports, and rookie driver Jimmie Johnson.

Sage Steele

During the pace laps at the beginning of the race, she was bumped in jest by 6-time Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson.


2010 Crown Royal Presents the Heath Calhoun 400

Before the race, Jimmie Johnson led the Drivers' Championship with 1,323 points, while Kevin Harvick stood in second with 1,297 points.

NASCAR Now

On August 19, 2009, President Barack Obama did a live interview on the program after honoring the defending Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson and the rest of the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup drivers at the White House.