Jimmie Kenneth Johnson was born on September 17,1975 in El Cajon, California and now drives the #48 Lowe's/Kobolt Tools Chevrolet Impala that is co-owned by Rick Hendrick and Jeff Gordon. In 2009 Jimmie became the only NASCAR Sprint Cup champion to win 4 consecutive races in the Sprint Cup Series championships. He was also named athlete of 2009 and 'Driver of the Decade'.

Jimmie Johnson

Jimmie started his racing career on 50cc motorcycles at the age of 5 years old winning the 60cc championship by the time he was 8. He then moved into racing cars competing in many different leagues eventually leading to him meeting Jeff Gordon and Rick Hendrick. In 1998 he joined the American Speed Association (ASA) circuit finishing 4th and picking up a Rookie of the Year. Whilst racing for the ASA he also started racing in the NASCAR nationwide series. He won his first and only Nationwide Series in 2001 at the Hills Brothers Coffee 300 at the Chicagoland Speedway.

In 2000 whilst Johnson was racing at Watkins Glen his brakes failed sending him head on into the Styrofoam insulation and guardrail. Amazingly Jimmie was uninjured in the crash.

Jimmie has many notable achievements in his career such as being the only driver to win the Daytona 500 and Allstate 400 in the same year and the only driver to win three Coca-Cola 600s in a row.

In 2006 Johnson launched the Jimmie Johnson Foundation which is dedicated to assisting families throughout the united states and strives to help people fulfil their dreams.

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