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JIMMIE JOHNSON 2011 STARTS: 27 WINS: 1 TOP 5: 11 TOP 10: 18 CURRENT DRIVER POINT STANDINGS: 8th FINISH IN CHICAGO: 10th 2010 FALL FINISH AT NEW HAMPSHIRE: 25th

RACE NOTES

New Hampshire Motor Speedway

•	Johnson has made 19 Sprint Cup Series starts at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, where he has three wins, seven top-five and 13 top-10 finishes.
•	Johnson has completed 98.8% (5506 of 5574) of competition laps at the 1.058-mile track and has led 316.
•	He has an average start and finish of 10.9 and 9.6.

Chassis

•	Johnson will pilot brand new chassis No. 689 in Sunday’s event.
•	Johnson finished 31st in backup chassis No. 590 at Richmond International Raceway in September.

Backup Car History – Chassis No. 590

Date	Event	Start	Finish
03/29/2010	Martinsville	3	9
09/11/2010	Richmond	11	3
02/27/2011	Phoenix	28	3
04/30/2011	Richmond	30	8
07/17/2011	Loudon	28	5
09/10/2011	Richmond	3	31

Jimmie Johnson (Photo Credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

JIMMIE JOHNSON QUOTES
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL RUN AT NEW HAMPSHIRE?
“Track position is key, and making sure that your pit strategy is right; this track is very low on tire wear and fuel mileage is really important. For whatever reason, as tough as it is to drive a CoT around here, and as tight as the racing groove is, we don’t end up with a lot of cautions. So you don’t have a lot of opportunities to work on the car. So to make a long story short, it all starts (Friday). A good qualifying position is the start of a good weekend, and we hope to do that.”

SPRINT CUP SERIES CAREER NOTES
Career Wins

•	Johnson has 54 wins in his Sprint Cup Series career, his most recent coming at Talladega Superspeedway 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 (85).
•	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 five (Michigan, Chicago, Watkins Glen, Homestead, Kentucky) of the 23 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 354 Sprint Cup Series starts, Johnson has posted 145 top-five and 221 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 11,691 laps (of 101,906) in his Sprint Cup career, covering over 136,802 miles.
•	He has finished on the lead lap 276 times.

Career Recognition

•	Johnson was named by Forbes as the Most Influential Athlete in 2011.
•	In 2009, Johnson became the first race car driver to be named Male Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press in its 78-year history.
•	Voted Driver of the Year four times in his career (2006, 2007, 2008, 2010), Johnson joins Jeff Gordon as four-time winners of the prestigious award.
•	Johnson has won an ESPY for Best Driver four times, in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.

Jimmie Johnson – New Hampshire Motor Speedway

Race Start Finish Laps Status Led 07/21/2002 13 15 300/300 Running 0 09/15/2002 19 9 207/207 Running 0 07/20/2003 6 1 300/300 Running 58 09/14/2003 8 1 300/300 Running 12 07/25/2004 2 11 300/300 Running 0 09/19/2004 2 11 300/300 Running 3 07/17/2005 12 13 300/300 Running 0 09/18/2005 10 8 300/300 Running 0 07/16/2006 6 9 308/308 Running 0 09/19/2006 7 39 233/300 Running 0 07/01/2007 10 5 300/300 Running 12 09/16/2007 4 6 300/300 Running 0 06/29/2008 23 9 284/284 Running 0 09/14/2008 3 2 300/300 Running 96 06/28/2009 3 9 273/273 Running 96 09/20/2009 16 4 300/300 Running 14 06/27/2010 10 1 301/301 Running 9 09/19/2010 25 25 299/300 Running 0 07/17/2011 28 5 301/301 Running 19

*Dates in BOLD RED indicate NH Chase Race Results, formerly first race of Chase.

Race 2 of 10 – Chase Stats

Year	Track	Points Coming Into Event	Starting Position	Finishing Position	Points After Event
2004	Dover	5	9	10	4
2005	Dover	6	5	1	1
2006	Dover	9	18	13	8
2007	Dover	1	1	14	4
2008	Dover	2	20	5	2
2009	Dover	2	1	1	2
2010	Dover	7	1	1	2

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 04/30/2011 Richmond 30 8 400/400 Running 0 2 05/07/2011 Darlington 19 15 370/370 Running 0 2 05/15/2011 Dover 1 9 400/400 Running 207 2 05/29/2011 Charlotte 6 28 395/400 Engine 0 3 06/05/2011 Kansas 31 7 267/267 Running 0 2 06/12/2011 Pocono 14 4 200/200 Running 1 2 06/19/2011 Michigan 21 27 199/200 Running 0 5 06/26/2011 Infineon 12 17 110/110 Running 0 3 07/02/2011 Daytona 8 20 170/170 Running 0 6 07/09/2011 Kentucky 5 3 267/267 Running 0 5 07/17/2011 Loudon 28 5 301/301 Running 19 2 07/31/2011 Indianapolis 3 19 160/160 Running 1 2 08/07/2011 Pocono 18 4 200/200 Running 0 2 08/14/2011 Watkins Glen 4 10 92/92 Running 1 3 08/21/2011 Michigan 19 2 203/203 Running 18 2 08/27/2011 Bristol 13 4 500/500 Running 76 2 09/06/2011 Atlanta 17 2 325/325 Running 29 1 09/10/2011 Richmond 3 31 362/400 Running 38 2/6* 09/19/2011 Chicago 12 10 267/267 Running 39 8

*Second in points after race. Points reset heading into Chase – Johnson 6th.

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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