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
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I was fading so I don't really have any complaints with the way that he raced me. I passed him two or three times earlier in the day and found another line and worked my way around the outside of him. I was a little surprised that he continually drove it in and kept trying to blast me in the center. I think he probably hit me for four or five laps and the time that he got by me, he really had my wheels off the ground and I couldn't get in the gas and he got inside of me and from there drove on and drove away from me. This is short track racing.
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He's worked his butt off, to finally be present for one of them means a lot to him.
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I kind of view it as jealousy, and he doesn't have a crew chief in there working hard enough to make his cars as good. This team has worked too hard to even have those kind of comments thrown at them, and I'm going to be very defensive over it.
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I'm very pleased with it. The guys went back and worked on the car and found some things to pick up some speed. So I am very happy with that.
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I'm hopeful the underlying issue of us legitimately winning the race is there. We worked our butts off for it. ... We understand we made a mistake. We just want the respect that comes along with winning the Daytona 500.
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I knew we were in good shape once we got going on a long run, ... Chad said four was going to be better, and it worked out.
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The drivers, we just get in and drive the cars. I do know that the team and crew chief are going to work as hard as they can to work the gray areas, and with that in mind gray areas were looked at and worked over and when the car came back the template didn't fit. So, Chad, the team, myself will accept what happened.
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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.
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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,