Category: Auto Racers, NASCAR Drivers
Highlights: Jimmie Johnson has a won a record-tying seven NASCAR Cup Series championships. He has also captured two Daytona 500s and his 83 victories is tied for the sixth most ever in the sport's history.
Travels From: North Carolina
Fee Range: $50,001 and above
One of the most successful drivers in NASCAR history, Jimmie Johnson is a seven-time Cup Series champion and is tied with racing greats Dale Earnhardt and Richard Petty for the most ever. He won the titles in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013 and 2016. His 83 Cup Series wins is tied for sixth all-time with Cale Yarborough, trailing only Petty, David Pearson, Jeff Gordon, Bobby Allison and Darrell Waltrip. Among Johnson’s most notable wins include the 2006 and 2013 Daytona 500, four Coca-Cola 600s, four Brickyard 400s and two Southern 500s. He also captured the NASCAR All-Star Race in 2003, 2006, 2012 and 2013.
Born on September 17, 1975 in El Cajon, California, Johnson first started racing motorcycles at four years old. His first year of competition in the NASCAR Cup Series was 2001 when he competed in three races and his first full-time season came in 2002, which saw him post three wins, including his first at the Auto Club 400. Johnson’s most successful season came in 2009 when he claimed victory in 10 races. For his efforts that season, Johnson was honored as Driver of the Year, one of a record five times he received the accolade. He was also named the Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year, the first and only driver to ever win the honor.
Off the track, Johnson started the Jimmie Johnson Foundation in 2006, which works with those in need, including youth, families and communities, and provides grants to k-12 public education programs. He has appeared as a guest on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”, “The Late, Late Show with James Corden” and “LIVE with Kelly and Ryan.” In 2012, Johnson authored the book “On the Road”.
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