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Oct 04, 2011
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Jimmie Johnson, 2011 NSCS Hollywood Casino 400 Race Preview
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JIMMIE JOHNSON 2011
STARTS: 29 WINS: 1 TOP 5: 12 TOP 10: 19
CURRENT DRIVER POINT STANDINGS: 5th (-13)
FINISH IN DOVER: 2nd 2010 FINISH AT KANSAS: 2nd

RACE NOTES

Kansas Speedway

Johnson has made 10 Sprint Cup Series starts at Kansas Speedway, where he has one win, three top-five and eight top-10 finishes.
Johnson has completed 98.9% (2584 of 2613) of competition laps at the 1.5-mile track and has led 304.
He has an average start and finish of 9.7 and 9.1.

Chassis

Johnson will drive chassis No. 681 in Sunday’s race. He crossed the line 10th in that chassis at Chicagoland Speedway in September.
Johnson finished second in backup chassis No. 650 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in September.

2011 NSCS No. 48 Lowe's/Kobalt Tools Chevrolet Impala (driven by Jimmie Johnson) - Photo Credit: Getty Images for NASCAR
2011 NSCS No. 48 Lowe's/Kobalt Tools Chevrolet Impala (driven by Jimmie Johnson) - Photo Credit: Getty Images for NASCAR
Primary Car History – Chassis No. 681

Date Event Start Finish
07/31/2011 Indy 3 19
09/19/2011 Chicago 12 10

Backup Car History – Chassis No. 650

Date Event Start Finish
03/27/2011 California 16 2
04/09/2011 Texas 6 8
05/15/2011 Dover 1 9
06/12/2011 Pocono 14 4
09/06/2011 Atlanta 17 2

JIMMIE JOHNSON QUOTES

TALK ABOUT KANSAS:
“The track’s lost a ton of grip and it’s heading toward Atlanta from a grip standpoint. There are lots of grooves to race on and cars don’t really wear the tire off. I’m going to go out on a limb and say it could be a fuel mileage race but I don’t really want to think about it from that standpoint.”

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 Kansas 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 356 Sprint Cup Series starts, Johnson has posted 146 top-five and 222 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 11,849 laps (of 102,606) in his Sprint Cup career, covering over 137,519 miles.
He has finished on the lead lap 278 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 – Kansas Speedway

Race Start Finish Laps Status Led
09/29/2002 2 10 266/267 Running 0
10/05/2003 1 7 267/267 Running 20
10/10/2004 4 32 239/267 Accident 0
10/09/2005 22 6 267/267 Running 1
10/01/2006 3 14 267/267 Running 105
09/30/2007 1 3 210/210 Running 1
09/28/2008 1 1 267/267 Running 124
10/04/2009 11 9 267/267 Running 53
10/03/2010 21 2 267/267 Running 0
06/05/2011 31 7 267/267 Running 0
* Dates in BOLD indicate Kansas Chase Race Results.

Race 4 of 10 – Chase Stats

Year Track Points Coming
Into Event
Starting Position Finishing Position Points After Event
2004 Kansas 9 4 32 9
2005 Kansas 4 22 6 5
2006 Talladega 8 3 24 8
2007 Talladega 1 19 2 2
2008 Talladega 1 20 9 1
2009 California 2 3 1 1
2010 California 1 8 3 1

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
09/25/2011 New Hampshire 10 18 300/300 Running 1 10
10/02/2011 Dover 6 2 400/400 Running 157 5
*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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