JIMMIE JOHNSON

PERSONALBirthdate: Sept. 17, 1975 Hometown: El Cajon, Calif.     Resides: Charlotte, N.C. Marital Status: Married (Chandra) Children: None      Hobbies: Snowboarding, biking, golf‘09 RECAP• Heads to Homestead-Miami Speedway as the standings leader with 6,492 points • Seven wins on the year – Martinsville (3/29), Dover (5/31), Indianapolis (7/26), Dover (9/27), Auto Club Speedway (10/11), Lowe’s Motor Speedway (10/17), Phoenix (11/15) • In 35 starts, he has 15 top fives and 23 top 10s • Three poles on the year —. Watkins Glen (8/10), Dover (9/27), Lowe’s Motor Speedway (10/17) • One DNF on the year — Talladega (4/26) • Has won four out of the first nine races of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup — Dover (9/27), Auto Club Speedway (10/11), Lowe’s Motor Speedway (10/17)  and Phoenix (11/15) PAST CHASES• In 2008, he won the championship for the third consecutive time. He posted three wins at Kansas (9/23), Martinsville (10/19) and Phoenix (11/9).   • In 2007, he won the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship for the second consecutive season. He posted eight top-10 finishes including four wins at Martinsville (10/21); Atlanta (10/28); Texas (11/4) and Phoenix (11/11). He also posted three poles during the Chase at Dover (9/23); Kansas (9/30); and Homestead (11/18). • In 2006, he came back from ninth in the Chase standings to win the championship with six top 10s which included a win at Martinsville (10/22) and four second-place finishes. • In 2005, he finished fifth in the standings with seven top-10 finishes including two wins at Dover (9/25) and Charlotte (10/15).   • In 2004, he finished second in the standings, eight points behind Kurt Busch. He posted seven top-10 finishes including wins at Charlotte (10/16); Martinsville (10/24); Atlanta (10/31); and Darlington (11/14).CAREER STATSCareer Starts: 290 Career Wins: 47 Career Poles: 22 Best Points Finish: 1st (2006, ‘07, ‘08) First Full Season: 2002 First Start: Oct. 7, 2001 (Charlotte) First Win: April 28, 2002 (California) First Pole: Feb. 9, 2002 (Daytona)CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

JIMMIE JOHNSON

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Jimmie Johnson

Jimmie Johnson, a native of El Cajon, Calif., started as an off-road racer and won championships in the Mickey Thompson Stadium Championship from 1992-94. Number of Races:

Year	Races	Wins	T5s	T10s	Poles	Avg. Finish	Avg. Start
2009	36	7	14	24	3	10.8	8.5
2008	36	7	15	22	6	10.5	8.5
2007	36	10	20	24	4	10.8	9.8
2006	36	5	13	24	1	9.7	10.8
2005	36	4	13	22	1	12.7	12.2
2004	36	8	20	23	1	12.1	10.5
2003	36	3	14	20	2	11.4	12.3
2002	36	3	6	21	4	13.5	14.3
2001	3	0	0	0	0	31.0	22.0
Totals:	288	46	115	178	22	11.6	11.0