Jimmie Johnson is an American race car driver who has won seven Drivers' Championships in the NASCAR Cup Series. He entered NASCAR part-time in the Busch Series in 1998 with the ST Motorsports and later Curb Agajanian Performance Group teams. Johnson drove eight races for Herzog Motorsports in the 1999 Busch Series, and spent two full seasons with the team in 2000 and 2001 before moving to Hendrick Motorsports in the 2001 Winston Cup Series. He was runner-up to Matt Kenseth in 2003 and Kurt Busch in 2004, before winning five successive Cup Series championships from 2006 to 2010, breaking Cale Yarborough's record of three consecutive titles from 1976 to 1978. Johnson claimed a further two titles in 2013 and 2016 to tie Dale Earnhardt and Richard Petty with seven career Cup Series championships.

He achieved his first NASCAR victory at the 2001 Sam's Club Presents the Hills Brothers Coffee 300 Busch Series round at Chicagoland Speedway on July 14. Johnson took his maiden Cup Series win at the 2002 NAPA Auto Parts 500 at California Speedway in a season in which he registered three victories. He won 18 races in his first four full seasons with Hendrick Motorsports, including a season-high eight in 2004. Johnson took his first Cup Series championship in 2006 with five wins. He enjoyed his most successful season in terms of race victories with ten in 2007. In Johnson's following three seasons with Hendrick Motorsports, he won no less than six races. He managed only two wins in 2011 and five in 2012. Johnson won six more times as he took his sixth championship in 2013. This was followed by four wins in 2014, five each in 2015 and his seventh championship victory in 2016 and three in 2017. Johnson's most recent victory in NASCAR came at the 13th round of the 2017 season at the 2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism at Dover International Speedway.

Over the course of his racing career, he won a total of 84 NASCAR races, 83 of which were in the Cup Series. Johnson also won one race in the NASCAR Busch Series. He also won the Daytona 500 twice in 2006 and 2013. , Johnson ranks sixth on the all-time Cup wins list with 83, tied with Yarborough. He is most successful at Dover International Speedway, where he claimed eleven victories, including a season sweep of wins at the track in 2002 and 2009. Johnson's largest margin of victory in his career was at the 2008 Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway, a race where he finished 7.002 seconds ahead of the second-placed Clint Bowyer of the Richard Childress Racing team, while the narrowest was in the 2011 Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway, where he beat Bowyer by 0.002 seconds, one of the closest finishes in NASCAR.

NASCAR Cup Series

In the NASCAR Cup Series, which was sponsored by Winston, Nextel, Sprint, and Monster Energy during Johnson's career, Johnson, the seven-time Cup Series champion for Hendrick Motorsports has won 83 races. Throughout his career, he has won at 20 of the 26 tracks at which he raced on, leaving the Charlotte Roval, Daytona Road Course, Chicagoland Speedway, Kentucky Speedway, Rockingham Speedway and Watkins Glen International the six tracks where he has failed to win. As of the end of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series, Johnson's 83 wins rank sixth all-time tied with Cale Yarborough, behind Richard Petty (200), David Pearson (105), Jeff Gordon (93), Bobby Allison (84) and Darrell Waltrip (84).

Key: No. – Victory number; for example, "1" signifies Johnson's first race win. Grid – The position on the grid from which Johnson started the race. Margin – Margin of victory, given in the format of seconds.milliseconds; caution indicates the race was ended by a yellow flag for an accident or inclement weather – Driver's Championship winning season.

+NASCAR Cup Series victories No. Date Season Race Track Margin Team Car 1April 28, 20022002NAPA Auto Parts 500California Speedway 4 0.620Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet 2June 2, 2002MBNA Platinum 400Dover International Speedway 10 0.478 3September 22, 2002MBNA All-American Heroes 400Dover International Speedway 19 0.535 4May 25, 20032003Coca-Cola 600Lowe's Motor Speedway 37 Caution 5July 20, 2003New England 300New Hampshire International Speedway 6 1.582 6September 14, 2003Sylvania 300New Hampshire International Speedway 8 6.240 7March 21, 20042004Carolina Dodge Dealers 400Darlington Raceway 11 0.132 8May 30, 2004Coca-Cola 600Lowe's Motor Speedway 1 Caution 9June 13, 2004Pocono 500Pocono Raceway 5 Caution 10August 1, 2004Pennsylvania 500Pocono Raceway 14 2.138 11October 16, 2004UAW-GM Quality 500Lowe's Motor Speedway 9 1.727 12October 24, 2004Subway 500Martinsville Speedway 18 1.225 13October 31, 2004Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500Atlanta Motor Speedway 8 0.293 14November 14, 2004Mountain Dew Southern 500Darlington Raceway 4 0.959 15March 13, 20052005UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400Las Vegas Motor Speedway 9 1.661 16May 29, 2005Coca-Cola 600Lowe's Motor Speedway 5 0.027 17September 25, 2005MBNA NASCAR RacePoints 400Dover International Speedway 5 0.080 18October 15, 2005UAW-GM Quality 500Lowe's Motor Speedway 3 0.309 19February 19, 20062006Daytona 500Daytona International Speedway 9 Caution 20March 12, 2006UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400Las Vegas Motor Speedway 3 0.045 21May 1, 2006Aaron's 499Talladega Superspeedway 16 0.120 22August 6, 2006Brickyard 400Indianapolis Motor Speedway 5 Caution 23October 22, 2006Subway 500Martinsville Speedway 9 0.544 24March 11, 20072007UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400Las Vegas Motor Speedway 23 2.795 25March 18, 2007Kobalt Tools 500Atlanta Motor Speedway 3 1.311 26April 1, 2007Goody's Cool Orange 500Martinsville Speedway 20 0.065 27May 6, 2007Crown Royal Presents The Jim Stewart 400Richmond International Raceway 4 0.723 28September 2, 2007Sharp AQUOS 500California Speedway 2 1.868 29September 8, 2007Chevy Rock & Roll 400Richmond International Raceway 1 3.007 30October 21, 2007Subway 500Martinsville Speedway 4 Caution 31October 28, 2007Pep Boys Auto 500Atlanta Motor Speedway 6 Caution 32November 4, 2007Dickies 500Texas Motor Speedway 8 0.944 33November 11, 2007Checker Auto Parts 500Phoenix International Raceway 6 0.870 34April 12, 20082008Subway Fresh Fit 500Phoenix International Raceway 7 7.002 35July 27, 2008Brickyard 400Indianapolis Motor Speedway 1 0.332 36August 31, 2008Pepsi 500Auto Club Speedway 1 2.076 37September 7, 2008Chevy Rock & Roll 400Richmond International Raceway 3 0.365 38September 28, 2008Camping World RV 400Kansas Speedway 1 0.280 39October 19, 2008Tums QuikPak 500Martinsville Speedway 1 0.708 40November 9, 2008Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500Phoenix International Raceway 1 0.295 41March 29, 20092009Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500Martinsville Speedway 9 0.774 42May 31, 2009Autism Speaks 400Dover International Speedway 8 0.861 43July 26, 2009Brickyard 400Indianapolis Motor Speedway 16 0.400 44September 27, 2009AAA 400Dover International Speedway 1 1.970 45October 11, 2009Pepsi 500Auto Club Speedway 3 1.603 46October 17, 2009NASCAR Banking 500Lowe's Motor Speedway 1 2.303 47November 15, 2009Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500Phoenix International Raceway 3 1.033 48February 21, 20102010Auto Club 500Auto Club Speedway 7 1.523 49February 28, 2010Shelby AmericanLas Vegas Motor Speedway 20 1.874 50March 21, 2010Food City 500Bristol Motor Speedway 4 0.894 51June 20, 2010Toyota/Save Mart 350Infineon Raceway 2 3.105 52June 27, 2010Lenox Industrial Tools 301New Hampshire Motor Speedway 10 0.753 53September 26, 2010AAA 400Dover International Speedway 1 2.637 54April 17, 20112011Aaron's 499Talladega Superspeedway 2 0.002 55October 9, 2011Hollywood Casino 400Kansas Speedway 19 0.548 56May 12, 20122012Bojangles' Southern 500Darlington Raceway 2 0.781 57June 3, 2012FedEx 400Dover International Speedway 2 2.550 58July 29, 2012Crown Royal Presents the Curtiss Shaver 400Indianapolis Motor Speedway 6 4.758 59October 28, 2012Tums Fast Relief 500Martinsville Speedway 1 0.478 60November 4, 2012AAA Texas 500Texas Motor Speedway 1 0.808 61February 24, 20132013Daytona 500Daytona International Speedway 9 0.129 62April 7, 2013STP Gas Booster 500Martinsville Speedway 1 0.627 63June 9, 2013Party in the Poconos 400Pocono Raceway 1 1.208 64July 6, 2013Coke Zero 400Daytona International Speedway 8 0.107 65September 29, 2013AAA 400Dover International Speedway 8 0.446 66November 3, 2013AAA Texas 500Texas Motor Speedway 3 4.390 67May 25, 20142014Coca-Cola 600Charlotte Motor Speedway 1 1.272 68June 1, 2014FedEx 400Dover International Speedway 4 0.885 69June 15, 2014Quicken Loans 400Michigan International Speedway 7 1.214 70November 2, 2014AAA Texas 500Texas Motor Speedway 3 0.513 71March 1, 20152015Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500Atlanta Motor Speedway 37 1.802 72April 11, 2015Duck Commander 500Texas Motor Speedway 5 1.107 73May 9–10, 2015SpongeBob SquarePants 400Kansas Speedway 19 0.487 74May 31, 2015FedEx 400Dover International Speedway 14 0.435 75November 8, 2015AAA Texas 500Texas Motor Speedway 8 1.082 76February 28, 20162016Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500Atlanta Motor Speedway 19 Caution 77March 20, 2016Auto Club 400Auto Club Speedway 19 0.772 78October 9, 2016Bank of America 500Charlotte Motor Speedway 11 1.474 79October 30, 2016Goody's Fast Relief 500Martinsville Speedway 3 1.291 80November 20, 2016Ford EcoBoost 400Homestead-Miami Speedway 14 0.466 81April 9, 20172017O'Reilly Auto Parts 500Texas Motor Speedway 24 0.340 82April 24, 2017Food City 500Bristol Motor Speedway 11 1.199 83June 4, 2017AAA 400 Drive for AutismDover International Speedway 14 Caution

Busch Series In NASCAR's second-level series, variously known as the Busch Series, and Nationwide Series during Johnson's driving career and now as the Xfinity Series, Johnson won a single race, the 2001 Sam's Club Presents the Hills Brothers Coffee 300 at Chicagoland Speedway. That win occurred during the period in which Anheuser-Busch's Busch beer brand was series sponsor. +NASCAR Busch Series victories No. Date Season Race Track Margin Team Car 1July 14, 20012001Sam's Club Presents the Hills Brothers Coffee 300Chicagoland Speedway 4.932 6 Herzog Motorsports Chevrolet

Number of wins at different tracks The symbol indicates Johnson won at a track twice in a calendar year. Track Years won Wins1Dover International Speedway2002, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 112Martinsville Speedway2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2016 93Charlotte Motor Speedway2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2014, 2016 84Texas Motor Speedway2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 75Auto Club Speedway2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2016 66Atlanta Motor Speedway2004, 2007, 2015, 2016 57Indianapolis Motor Speedway2006, 2008, 2009, 2012 48Las Vegas Motor Speedway2005, 2006, 2007, 20109Phoenix International Raceway2007, 2008, 200910Daytona International Speedway2006, 2013 311Darlington Raceway2004, 201212Kansas Speedway2008, 2011, 201513New Hampshire Motor Speedway2003, 201014Richmond International Raceway2007, 200815Pocono Raceway2004, 201316Bristol Motor Speedway2010, 2017 217Talladega Superspeedway2006, 201118Chicagoland Speedway2001 119Homestead–Miami Speedway201620Michigan International Speedway201421Sonoma Raceway2010 Total number of race wins: 84Sources:

See also List of all-time NASCAR Cup Series winners

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