[28] Throughout the season, he became the only modern era driver to win at least three races in each of his first five seasons. Johnson was able to charge through the field after the caution and restart to salvage a ninth-place finish. Johnson qualified third for the 2018 Daytona 500 but had to go to a backup car after wrecking in his Duel. Jimmie Johnson will have one more season in NASCAR. In 2013, Johnson began his season with a 14th-place finish in the 2013 Sprint Unlimited when he crashed on lap 14 along with Kyle Busch, Kurt Busch, Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon, and Denny Hamlin. Johnson entered the 2006 Race of Champions but did not start due to injury received just days before the race. Johnson made an appearance as himself in the 2005 film Herbie: Fully Loaded, commenting on Herbie's sunroof as unusual for a stock car to have, and his car is also briefly seen from Herbie's POV. He raced in Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group (MTEG), Short-course Off-road Drivers Association (SODA), and SCORE International, winning rookie of the year in each series. Jimmie Johnson joined the NASCAR Cup Series full-time in 2002. When the IndyCar season ended I started on this journey of what was next. Since then, Johnson struggled throughout the 2018 season with only two Top 5s and eight Top 10 finishes by the time he barely made the Playoffs for the 15th season in a row. For most of the event, he was in the Top 10 and led 10 laps; he finished seventh.[123]. 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In 2001, he recorded one win at Chicagoland Speedway, and finished eighth in the point standings, his win at Chicagoland was his only throughout his career at the track. Jimmie Johnson Is Back: The Racing Legend Discusses His Return to NASCAR Ahead of the Daytona 500 While preparing for Sunday's storied contest, the racing great gave us insight on his career's. AVONDALE, Ariz. Jimmie Johnson relished the chance to get back into a NASCAR Cup Series car even if it likely won't help him much when he attempts to qualify for the . Elliott suffered a leg injury in a Friday snowboarding accident and is expected to miss several races. Later that day, he entered the 2020 Busch Clash as the defending champion. [69] In the Pocono 400, he recorded a fourth-place finish after starting 24th on the grid. | NASCAR.com", "Jimmie Johnson advances to Round of 8 | NASCAR.com", "NASCAR Playoffs: Jimmie Johnson fades at Texas | NASCAR.com", "Jimmie Johnson in 'must-win' situation at Phoenix | NASCAR.com", "Jimmie Johnson crashes at Phoenix, ending his chase for record eighth NASCAR title", "Iconic moment as Johnson pushes Elliott to Victory Lane | Hendrick Motorsports", "Chase Elliott on Jimmie Johnson's 'awesome' sportsmanship after first win", "Jimmie Johnson finds new sponsor in Ally Financial for 2019 season", "Jimmie Johnson wins rain-shortened Advance Auto Parts Clash", "Hendrick Motorsports names Cliff Daniels as No. That victory also marked the 75th of his NASCAR Cup Series career, putting him one race win short of tying Dale Earnhardt's career wins. During a news conference Friday, Johnson said he initially planned to run eight to 10 races in the NTT IndyCar Series next year, as well as sports car races, in 2023. He went on to finish 12th in the spring event at Martinsville after being involved in a crash on the first green-white-checker attempt. His Trophy Truck, Butch (the paint scheme of which was used for a throwback for Johnson's 48 car in the 2019 Southern 500, and the car that was used by Larry Ragland in wins such as the 1991 Baja 1000), was wrecked. After the season concluded, he won an ESPY for the second consecutive year, and won the Driver of the Year award for the third time, tying Jeff Gordon, Mario Andretti, and Darrell Waltrip as the only three-time drivers to win the award. [132] His first race back was the Quaker State 400 at Kentucky, a track at which he had never won before. [122] The 2020 season started with the Daytona 500 qualifying, he finished fourth for a second year in a row. Chad Knaus collected 82 NASCAR wins as a crew chief, 81 of them were with Jimmie Johnson. He rebounded at Bristol by finishing 4th but had bad luck once more at Darlington. Johnson will be teamed with Petty GMS full-time drivers: Jones (who delivered the teams first win at the Southern 500) and incoming rookie Noah Gragson. France was referring to an Esquire piece about Johnson that labeled him as an American hero. [96] This would be the 14th and final time he won back-to-back races in his career. Jimmie is one of the all-time great champions on the racetrack, and I know hell apply the same mentality to his role as a team owner. The second victory of the 2004 Chase for the Nextel Cup, at the Subway 500 at Martinsville on October 24, 2004, was marred by tragedy. At Pocono, Johnson cut a tire on lap 88 but did not take major damage. In 2007, Johnson opened Jimmie Johnson's Victory Lanes in Randleman, North Carolina, which is a four-lane bowling alley for campers at Pattie and Kyle Petty's Victory Junction Gang Camp. [17], Johnson formally moved to Hendrick in 2002, driving the No. He also remained the only driver to qualify for the Chase every year since its inception in 2004. In 2000, he switched to the NASCAR Busch Series (now Xfinity Series). Smith was third, Kyle Busch fourth and Josh Berry fifth. [66] A week later, he matched Gordon and Dale Earnhardt with three wins in the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race after winning the 2012 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race. Up until 2019, Johnson was the only driver to have qualified for the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs every single year since its inception in 2004. CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Jimmie Johnson on Wednesday revealed his rebranded NASCAR team and said he will drive the No. Driving full-time in the Xfinity Series for the first time, he was fourth in last weeks Xfinity race at Auto Club Speedway. He then held off a last-lap charge from Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Mark Martin to win his second Daytona 500. [191] In 2019, he competed in the Boston Marathon, finishing with a time of 3:09:07 and 4,155th overall (3,746th among males and 641st in the Male 4044 class).[192]. The following week, he won the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta.[90]. [32] He and the team kept their hopes up[33] and rallied with five straight Top 2 finishes including a win at Martinsville to come back from eighth in the points standings to take the championship. 48 for final Texas ride", "Jimmie Johnson's final ride comes to a close in Phoenix finale", "Johnson caps off full-time Cup Series career with Phoenix top-five", "Petty GMS and Seven-Time NASCAR Cup Series Champion Jimmie Johnson Enter Ownership Agreement", "Jimmie Johnson joins Petty GMS in part-owner role, plans return to select Cup races in 2023", "Petty GMS Rebranding to LEGACY Motor Club, Jimmie Johnson Driving No. [170] He still attended the event to cheer for teammate Travis Pastrana. The following week at Pocono, Johnson won another pole position, setting another track qualifying record. Two years later, he entered two events, which were both held at Daytona International Speedway. Johnson made his NASCAR Busch Series (now NASCAR Xfinity Series) debut at the 1998 Indianapolis Raceway Park event, where he finished 25th for ST Motorsports. Jimmie Johnson will return to NASCAR and compete in select NASCAR Cup Series races in 2023, starting with the Daytona 500, after entering an ownership agreement with Petty GMS owner Maury Gallagher and chairman Richard Petty. Over 19 seasons in NASCARs premier series with Hendrick Motorsports from 2002-20, the El Cajon, California native scored 83 victories, ranking sixth on the all-time Cup Series list. "Junior Johnson truly was the 'Last American Hero,'" NASCAR Chairman and CEO Jim France said after Johnson's death, according to NASCAR.com. He is most famous for his coaching career in the NFL, and then later as a TV football analyst. At Dover, Johnson led 143 laps but finished 17th when he jumped Juan Pablo Montoya on the last restart causing NASCAR to issue him a penalty. But he is set to drive the No. In the week following his Dover triumph, during the Axalta presents the Pocono 400, Johnson's brakes failed into turn 1 at a speed of over 200 MPH, resulting in a tremendous impact with the outside SAFER barrier. [105] Entering the final race in the round at Phoenix, Johnson was 51 points behind the Playoff cutoff, and in a near must-win situation. A team release said Johnsons racing schedule, sponsors and car number would be revealed in the future and made no mention of whether he would be racing in other series. After losing his starting spot due to a pre-race inspection fault, Johnson started at the rear of the field. "[15] Otherwise, in a rather uneventful season which featured one DNQ at Daytona and six Top 10's, he finished tenth in the point standings. He started 18th and finished fifth in the race. Jimmie Johnson (@JimmieJohnson) November 4, 2022. This year weve accomplished so much together with Maury and now adding Jimmie will only continue to help us grow. [110] Johnson and his long-time crew chief Knaus parted ways at the end of the season, ending a 17-year partnership, the longest in NASCAR history. May 23, 2022 at 11:33 a.m. EDT. So the deal was to put Lowe's money behind him and let him run with it. I went sideways really quickly. Burton said. A fourth-place finish the following week at Darlington allowed Johnson to further solidify his point lead over Edwards. At New Hampshire, with eight laps remaining, Kurt Busch, who was running second, bumped Johnson to become the leader, but Johnson returned the favor a couple of laps later to the lead the final two laps. He charged through the field and finished seventh (1st car a lap down) and moved to the "Round of 12" of the Chase. 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