Driver Profile: Jimmie Johnson

Driver of the #48: Jimmie Kenneth Johnson (Sprint Cup Series)

Nickname: Jimmie; Five-Time
Birthdate: September 17th, 1975
Hometown: El Cajon, California
Resides: Mooresville, North Carolina
Marital Status: Married- Chandra
Children: Genevieve Marie

Rookie Season: 2002
Years in Sport: 10
Starts: 363
First Race: 2001 UAW-GM Quality 500 (Charlotte)
Poles: 25
First Pole: 2002 Daytona 500
Wins: 55
First Win: 2002 NAPA Auto Parts 500 (California)
Top-Fives: 148
Top-Tens: 224

Team: Hendrick Motorsports
Years with Team: 9
Owner: Rick Hendrick and Jeff Gordon
Sponsor: Lowe's
Car Make: Chevrolet
Highest Points Finish: 1st (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
Lowest Points Finish: 6th (2011)

Career Highlights:

• Only driver in NASCAR history to win 5 consecutive championships.
• Won the 2004 Subway 500, but did not get to celebrate. That was the race that NASCAR lost 10 members of the Hendrick Motorsports family, including Ricky Hendrick.
• Only driver to make the Chase every year since it started in 2004.

Courtniee's 2012 NASCAR Prediction for Jimmie Johnson:
       Jimmie Johnson will once again prove he is worthy of those five consecutive trophies he has. Johnson will start of the Daytona 500 strong, and then go on a winless drought that will only last a few weeks. Johnson will have an incredible summer in the 2012 season, and not just because his daughter turns two July 7th. Johnson will celebrate that special day (or night in this case) in a familiar place, Victory Lane. Johnson will lock himself safely into the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, but will fall short of the title. He will however finish in the top-three in the final standings.