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In the first race of his rookie season, 2002, Jimmie Johnson celebrates after winning the pole for the Daytona 500 in Daytona Beach, Fla. (Photo Credit: Craig Jones/Getty Images) |
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In the 10th race of his rookie season in 2002, Jimmie Johnson celebrates his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory at his home track, Auto Club Speedway, in Fontana, Calif. (Photo Credit: Robert Laberge/Getty Images) |
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In 2003, Jimmie Johnson celebrates his first of three consecutive Coca-Cola 600 victories — a feat never before achieved — at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C. (Photo Credit: Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images) |
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Jimmie Johnson talks with Matt Kenseth in the garage at Kansas Speedway in October 2003. Johnson, in his second full season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, finishes second to Kenseth in the season standings by 90 points. (Photo Credit: Robert Laberge/Getty Images) |
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After 10 members of the Hendrick Motorsports and racing families were lost in a plane crash near Martinsville Speedway one week earlier, Jimmie Johnson runs a special paint scheme, honoring the fallen, and claims his first career win at Atlanta Motor Speedway (Photo Credit: Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images
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(Left to right) Future NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champions Kurt Busch and Jimmie Johnson listen to four-time champ Jeff Gordon before a Contenders Press Conference in 2004 at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla. In the first Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Johnson would lose the title to Busch by the smallest margin in NASCAR history, eight points. (Photo Credit: Sherryl Creekmore/NASCAR
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Jimmie Johnson celebrates winning the 2006 Daytona 500 in Victory Lane at Daytona International Speedway, kicking off his three-year reign over the sport. Johnson won the race with interim crew chief Darian Grubb, who was filling in for suspended Chad Knaus. (Photo Credit: Gavin Lawrence/Getty Images)
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On May 20, 2006 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., Jimmie Johnson celebrates winning his second NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race. (Photo Credit: Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images)
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(Left to right) Jimmie Johnson and team owner — with hats backward in honor of Hendrick’s son, Ricky, who died in the 2004 plane crash — kiss the bricks after winning the Brickyard 400 in August 2006. (Photo Credit: Streeter Lecka/Getty Images for NASCAR)
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(Right to left) NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France hands Jimmie Johnson the 2006 NASCAR Sprint Cup championship trophy at Homestead-Miami Speedway. (Photo Credit: Chris Trotman/Getty Images for NASCAR)
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Jimmie Johnson (right) passes Matt Kenseth in the closing laps of the Dickies 500 to win and take the lead in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup for the second consecutive season at Texas Motor Speedway. Johnson wrested the points lead away from teammate Jeff Gordon. (Photo Credit: Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
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Jimmie Johnson celebrates in Phoenix International Raceway after winning the 2007 Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. He becomes the first driver since Jeff Gordon (1998) to win four consecutive races in a season. (Photo Credit: Jason Smith/Getty Images for NASCAR)
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Following the 2007 season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Jimmie Johnson waves a flag signifying consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championships. (Photo Credit: Todd Warshaw/Getty Images for NASCAR)
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Jimmie Johnson celebrates winning his third consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series title at Homestead-Miami Speedway, becoming the first driver to win three in a row since Cale Yarborough did it from 1976-1978. (Photo Credit: Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR)
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Jimmie Johnson and wife Chandra celebrate winning the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series title at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Johnson’s third consecutive title. (Photo Credit: Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR)
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Jimmie Johnson displays his three NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship trophies at Homestead-Miami Speedway. (Photo Credit: Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR)
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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson plays photographer with a fan on Wednesday at Foley’s during Champions Week in New York City. (Photo Credit: Mike Stobe/Getty Images for NASCAR)
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A visit by three-time NASCAR champion Cale Yarborough, left the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion Jimmie Johnson as surprised as everyone else at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards Ceremony at the Waldorf=Astoria in New York City on Friday night. (Photo Credit: Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR) |
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President Barack Obama looks under the hood of the No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet with three-time defending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson at the White House in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. (Photo Credit: Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)
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Jimmie Johnson celebrates his fourth consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship following the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Johnson becomes the first driver in NASCAR national series history to win four titles in a row. (Photo Credit: Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR) |
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