Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Kenneth Johnsonis an American professional stock car racing driver and a six-time champion in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the No. 48 Chevrolet SS for Hendrick Motorsports in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDriver
Date of Birth17 September 1975
CountryUnited States of America
nice guy able
I was able to get through the field and get this Lowe's ProServices Chevy up front. Those last few restarts I was able to hang on and duke it out with those guys and get a nice, top-three finish.
amazing capable daytona duel percent starting team winning
This team is still 100 percent capable of winning the Duel we're in, starting last, and also the Daytona 500. We have an amazing team.
finished three
We finished 16th, but it's not the end of the world. There are three to go and we'll just keep fighting.
clue took
Unbelievable, man. Never quit. . . . I don't have a clue what took place this night.
clean decisions happen hopefully mistakes stay track weird
This year, hopefully we'll make the right decisions and not have any weird things happen to us and I wont make any mistakes on the track and stay clean throughout,
We got some sacks, and we got some turnovers.
gets hone hopefully wears
As the day wears on and gets into the evening, we'll try to hone in some new things and hopefully find some speed.
advance auto came emotions parts spring
We went back in the spring for the Advance Auto Parts 500, and all the emotions came back,
chatter guys worry
There are a lot of other guys to worry about, ... I'm not going to let all this chatter get us something to worry about.
alone anyone bump changes drafting game
We can't play the game of bump drafting like we do at other tracks. That alone changes the race. Here, you don't want anyone around you. At Daytona, you want everyone with you.
call consequences flirting job line living step
We're all flirting with that line and when you step over that line, it's NASCAR's job to call you out on it. And they called us out and we're living with the consequences from that.
chase coming couple definitely far good happy last momentum months slow winning won year
Momentum is an important thing. We are happy to be winning in the Chase. Last year we won four, this year so far we have won two already. It is coming at a good time. We had a couple of slow months before the Chase started. We definitely have things going in the right direction.
aggressive needed spun worth
One (DNF), I spun out here and crashed, ... I was frustrated. I got too aggressive and crashed. That was worth at least 100 points. All I needed was to be safe.
believe bottom bought catching hard knew last matt protecting race slowly stayed
I was slowly catching Matt before that last caution. I think we could have got up there to race with him but, if it stayed green, I believe Matt had it in the bag. Then we got that last yellow. I thought long and hard about what I would do if I was protecting the lead. I knew I wanted to be on the outside. I faked kind of to the bottom and he kind of bought it.