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Jimmie Kenneth Johnson (born September 17, 1975) is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver. He currently^[when?] drives the No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports.

Johnson was born in El Cajon, California, and began racing motorcycles at the age of five. After graduating from Granite Hills High School he competed in off-road series. He raced in Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group (MTEG), Short-course Off-road Drivers Association (SODA) and SCORE International, winning rookie of the year in each series. In 1998, Johnson and his team began stock car racing. He moved to the national American Speed Association (ASA) series for late model touring cars, and won another rookie of the year title. In 2000, he switched to the NASCAR Busch Series (now Nationwide Series).

He moved to Hendrick Motorsports in the Sprint Cup Series in 2002. After finishing fifth in the points in his first full season, he was second in 2003 and 2004 and fifth in 2005. Johnson won his first Cup series championship in 2006 and with further wins in 2007, 2008, 2009 and in 2010 became the only driver in NASCAR history to win five consecutive championships. During the 2011 season, Johnson finished sixth in points. Between 2002 and 2011, Johnson has recorded 55 wins, 229 top-tens, and 25 pole positions.

Johnson became the first racing driver to become Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year (U.S.) in 2009, and has won Driver of the Year four times, most recently in 2010

Jimmie Johnson provides examples of the following tropes:

• Alliterative Name
• Beware the Nice Ones
• Boring Invincible HeroJimmie Johnson, during the period when he won five Sprint Cup championships in a row.
• Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheatcrew chief Chad Knaus has been caught illegally altering the car multiple times.
  • Prior to the 2006 Daytona 500 Knaus was suspended,and the car was impounded
  • Similar circumstances happened after the 2012 Daytona 500, where Johnson was found to have illegal modifications afterwards
• Gadgeteer Genius The team had won 5 straight championships with their car.
• New Rules as the Plot Demands Nascar has tried to change the rules to prevent Jimmie Johnson from winning his 5 championships.
• Stop Helping Me! Jimmie and Chad Knaus always fighted when ever Chad made a bad call
• The Empire 5 Championships with Rick Hendrick which is one of the best Nascar teams in the sport currently