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JIMMIE JOHNSON 2011

STARTS: 8 WINS: 1 TOP 5: 4 TOP 10: 5
CURRENT DRIVER POINT STANDINGS: 2nd POINTS BEHIND 1st: 5
FINISH IN TALLADEGA: 1st SPRING 2010 FINISH AT RICHMOND: 10th

RACE NOTES
Richmond International Raceway

•	Johnson has made 18 Sprint Cup Series starts at Richmond International Raceway, where he has earned three wins, five top-five and six top-10 finishes.
•	Johnson has completed 93.5% (6736 of 7203) of competition laps and has led 376.
•	He has an average start and finish of 11.1 and 16.9.

Chassis

•	Johnson will pilot chassis No. 590 in Saturday night’s race. He crossed the finish line third with that chassis at Phoenix International Raceway in February.
•	Johnson finished fifth in backup chassis No. 540 at Phoenix International Raceway in Nov. 2010.

Primary Car History – Chassis No. 590

Date	Event	Start	Finish
03/29/2010	Martinsville	3	9
09/11/2010	Richmond	11	3
02/07/2011	Phoenix	28	3

Backup Car History – Chassis No. 540

Date	Event	Start	Finish
04/18/2009	Phoenix	10	4
06/28/2009	Loudon	3	9
09/20/2009	Loudon	16	4
10/25/2009	Martinsville	15	2
11/15/2009	Phoenix	3	1
04/10/2010	Phoenix	16	3
05/01/2010	Richmond	3	10
06/27/2010	Loudon	10	1
09/19/2010	Loudon	25	25
10/24/2010	Martinsville	19	5
11/14/2010	Phoenix	21	5

JIMMIE JOHNSON QUOTES
TALK ABOUT RICHMOND AND WHAT YOU EXPECT THIS WEEKEND:
“It seems like we are up and down at Richmond. We’ve obviously won there but we didn’t have a great finish last year in the spring but then were able to pull out a good run to start the Chase in a good spot. Track position is always important there so the first few stops of the night really make a difference. Getting those adjustments right early on is important. We’re obviously happy where we are in points right now. We just need to continue our momentum from Talladega.”

SPRINT CUP SERIES CAREER NOTES
Career Wins

•	Johnson has 54 wins in his Sprint Cup Series career, his most recent coming at Dover International Speedway on April 17, 2011.
•	The El Cajon, Calif.-native is currently tied with Lee Petty for ninth on NASCAR’s all-time wins list, one victory behind Rusty Wallace.
•	He is second in total wins among active drivers, behind Jeff Gordon (82).
•	Johnson needed only 296 starts to hit the 50 mark. Only three drivers have reached 50 victories quicker – Gordon (232), Darrell Waltrip (278) and David Pearson (293).
•	Johnson has won at least three Cup races a season since he posted his first victory in 2002. He is the only driver in the modern era to win at least three races in each of his first eight full-time seasons.
•	Johnson has won Sprint Cup Series races at all but four (Michigan, Chicago, Watkins Glen, Homestead) of the 22 tracks on which the series competes.
•	Johnson’s 10 wins in 2007 was the highest number recorded in a single season since Jeff Gordon posted 13 victories in 1998.
•	The four-consecutive wins scored by the No. 48 team in the 2007 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup ties a modern-era NASCAR record.

Career Poles

•	Johnson has collected 25 poles in his Sprint Cup career.
•	The championship driver has earned at least one pole a year since his first full-time season in 2002.
•	He had a career-high six poles in 2008.
•	Johnson’s most recent pole position was at Dover International Speedway on Sept. 24, 2010.

Career Starts

•	Johnson has finished in the top five in the Sprint Cup Series point standings each year since his first full season in 2002.
•	Johnson is the only driver to qualify for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup every year since the format was adopted in 2004.
•	In 335 Sprint Cup Series starts, Johnson has posted 138 top-five and 208 top-10 finishes.
•	He has a top-five finish at every track on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series circuit.
•	Johnson has led a total of 11,261 laps (of 96,718) in his Sprint Cup career, covering over 129,372 miles.
•	He has finished on the lead lap 260 times.

Jimmie Johnson – Richmond International Raceway

Race	Start	Finish	Laps	Status	Laps Led
05/05/2002	26	31	360/400	Running	0
09/07/2002	1	13	399/400	Running	1
05/03/2003	10	19	393/393	Running	0
09/06/2003	26	11	400/400	Running	0
05/15/2004	5	2	400/400	Running	91
09/11/2004	3	36	338/400	Running	32
05/14/2005	28	40	80/400	Accident	0
09/10/2005	24	25	399/400	Running	0
05/05/2006	5	12	400/400	Running	0
09/09/2006	19	23	399/400	Running	4
05/06/2007	4	1	400/400	Running	105
09/08/2007	1	1	400/400	Running	104
05/03/2008	12	30	400/410	Running	0
09/07/2008	3	1	400/400	Running	32
05/02/2009	15	36	368/400	Running	0
09/12/2009	4	11	400/400	Running	0
05/01/2010	3	10	400/400	Running	0
09/11/2010	11	3	400/400	Running	7

Jimmie Johnson – 2011 Results

Date	Race	Start	Finish	Laps	Status	Laps Led	Points Following Event
02/20/2011	Daytona	23	27	189/208	Running	0	25
02/27/2011	Phoenix	28	3	312/312	Running	19	13
03/06/2011	Las Vegas	14	16	267/267	Running	0	12
03/20/2011	Bristol	6	3	500/500	Running	164	7
03/27/2011	California	16	2	200/200	Running	3	5
04/03/2011	Martinsville	17	11	500/500	Running	65	3
04/09/2011	Texas	6	8	334/334	Running	0	4
04/17/2011	Talladega	2	1	188/188	Running	14	2

Jimmie Johnson – Year-by-Year Cup Statistics

Year	Starts	Wins	Top 5	Top 10	Poles	Final Points
2001	3	0	0	0	0	52
2002	36	3	6	21	4	5
2003	36	3	14	20	2	2
2004	36	8	20	23	1	2
2005	36	4	13	22	1	5
2006	36	5	13	24	1	1
2007	36	10	20	24	4	1
2008	36	7	15	22	6	1
2009	36	7	16	24	4	1
2010	36	6	17	23	2	1

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