Born Robert Glenn Johnson Jr. in 1931, the man everyone called “Junior” hailed from the small community of Ronda near one of NASCAR’s charter tracks, North Wilkesboro Speedway. His racing at ...

NASCAR lost one of its all-time greats on Friday with the death of Junior Johnson. Johnson won 50 races ... Mike Pryson covered auto racing for the Jackson (Mich.) Citizen Patriot and MLive ...

Junior Johnson ... “I was crazy, I think,” Johnson told NASCAR Productions in 2015. “I’ve never been scared in a race car, any other kind of car, because I thought I was a good enough ...

Junior Johnson, the NASCAR legend who was never called by his ... Junior Johnson, who retired as an owner in 1995, steered stock-car racing into its big future. The Wolfe piece in Esquire was ...

his daughter Meredith and his son Robert Glenn Johnson III. "The Last American Hero is gone and so leaves a huge dent in NASCAR racing. Junior Johnson was one of American sports' great characters ...

When it comes to NASCAR racing on superspeedways, drafting, a strategy introduced by Hall of Famer Junior Johnson, is one of the most crucial components that drivers use in order to compete and ...

according to NASCAR. Jim France, the chairman and CEO of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, confirmed Johnson’s death in a statement on Twitter on Friday. “Junior Johnson ...

Robert Glenn “Junior” Johnson, one of NASCAR’s earliest star drivers and a legendary figure in the auto racing garage, has died at age 88, according to a tweet from NASCAR. Johnson won 50 ...

Robert Glenn Johnson Jr., better known as Junior Johnson, has died at the age of 88. A member of the 2010 inaugural NASCAR Hall of Fame class, Johnson was lovingly considered a racing hero and legend.

NASCAR icon Junior Johnson, whose rich history as a driver, mechanic and team owner began as a moonshiner outrunning the law in the NC mountains, has died, NASCAR said Friday. He was 88.

daughter Meredith and son Robert Glenn Johnson III. “The Last American Hero is gone and so leaves a huge dent in NASCAR racing. Junior Johnson was one of American sports’ great characters and ...