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Three years later, Johnson drove for Herzog Motorsports in the off-road truck series in 1996. [3] By 1997, Johnson had progressed to SODA's Class 8; Class 8 is short-course off-road racing's class of two-wheel-drive Trophy Trucks which generate about 800 horsepower. [4] He battled Scott Taylor and Brendan Gaughan for the championship. [4]
ESPN covered the two trophy truck classes (4 and 8) along with 7S. ESPN2 started covering races in 1995. [5] It covered Classes 13, 9/10, and 1600. [6] The ESPN2 races featured Marty Reid as the lead announcer, Ivan Stewart as color commentator, and Jimmie Johnson as pit reporter. [5]
Jimmie Johnson – the future seven-time Sprint Cup Series champion won the 1997 Winter Series Pro-2 championship at Glen Helen Raceway, CORR's first event after taking over from SODA. Jeremy McGrath; Rod Millen; Rodrigo Ampudia – Made history as being the first international driver to win a CORR race. Evie Baldwin aka Prettymuddy; Cissy Baldwin
Johnson's first five Cup Series championships from (2006 to 2010) were won consecutively. His successes have caused many analysts and fellow drivers to consider him as one of the greatest NASCAR drivers of all time. Johnson drove the No. 48 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports for his entire full-time Cup Series career from 2002 to 2020 NASCAR ...
Johnson holding the Sprint Cup trophy after clinching his seventh Cup Series title with a win in the 2016 Ford EcoBoost 400 Johnson performing a burnout at the 2017 O'Reilly Auto Parts 500. Key: No. – Victory number; for example, "1" signifies Johnson's first race win. Grid – The position on the grid from which Johnson started the race.
Eurocup Mégane Trophy: Jaap van Lagen: 2006 Eurocup Mégane Trophy: Teams: Tech 1 Racing: Junior: Matthieu Lahaye: Finnish Touring Car Championship: Ari Laivola Italian Superturismo Championship: Roberto Colciago: 2006 Italian Superturismo Championship: Teams: SEAT Sport Italia New Zealand V8 Championship: Kayne Scott: 2005–06 New Zealand V8 ...
Jarit Gene Johnson [1] (born January 16, 1979) is an American competitive racing driver. He is the brother of NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson, and a former NASCAR competitor; he currently drives a Pro 2 Trophy Truck in the TORC: The Off Road Championship series.
In 2020, Johnson's final year as a full-time NASCAR driver, Creed ran a tribute paint scheme based on Johnson's trophy truck at Darlington Raceway. [198] Creed is married to Cami Parsons, the twin sister of Stefan Parsons. [199] They are the parents of a son named Axel, who was born on June 11, 2022. [200]