Jimmie Johnson
- Jimmie Johnson
- 5
- Chevrolet
- Height: 5-11
- Weight: 175
- Born: Sep 17, 1975, El Cajon, CA
News and Notes
May 14
This week: The 2003 and 2006 winner returns to chase his third All-Star Race win. He was second last year. Johnson has five top-five finishes in six previous All-Star events. He was 17th in 2004. "It is a great night," Johnson said. "I think everybody looks forward to it, it doesn't matter if you are a driver or a crew member or whatever that may be, everybody is fired up for that race. The cool million at the end of the night is something everyone wants a shot at, too. I really do love it. I really, really enjoy the All-Star event and am glad to see that it is growing in popularity and that Sprint is getting behind it. They have been advertising it like crazy. So I am excited to see all that and look forward to putting on a good show."
Last week: Johnson was 13th at Darlington.
Etc.: The majority of the Cup drivers live in the Charlotte area and the next two events are at nearby Lowe's Motor Speedway, but Johnson said it still doesn't give them much time at home. "Being the Lowe's driver at Lowe's Motor Speedway is pretty busy for me," he said. "It's that way for a lot of the teams. You're able to sleep in your own bed and enjoy that, but that's a hometown track. There's just a lot going on. All sponsors, NASCAR, Sprint -- you know everybody involved does whatever they can to really blow out being at home, and everybody does a great job. It's an active week, two weeks for us. On top of that, with all the testing we have now with the Cup car, the Nationwide test and then we're trying to get prepared for the road-course events coming up with some road-course testing, this month is really, really busy for this Lowe's race team and I assume it's that way throughout the garage."
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