 Junior Johnson Robert Glenn "Junior" Johnson is unique in NASCAR history, with tremendous success both as a driver and a car owner. Johnson won the second annual Daytona 500 in 1960 and in the process, became credited with the discovery of "drafting" on the massive superspeedways. He won 50 races in the Cup Series then surprised many people by retiring from driving to become an owner. As a competitor, Johnson never missed a beat; through the years his drivers won 132 races. There also were six series championships produced with Cale Yarborough (1976-78) and Darrell Waltrip (1981-82, '85).
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Sprint Cup Series
CAREER STATISTICS
| YEAR | RANK | RACES | POLES | WINS | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | AVG. START | AVG. FIN | LED | LAPS | LLF | RAF | DNQ | DRIVER RATING | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 242 | 1 of 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 38.0 | 0 | 222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | |
| 1954 | 36 | 4 of 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 51.0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -- | |
| 1955 | 6 | 36 of 45 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 7.4 | 12.5 | 750 | 4619 | 6 | 17 | 1 | -- | |
| 1956 | 30 | 13 of 56 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10.8 | 21.1 | 60 | 1131 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -- | |
| 1957 | 192 | 1 of 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 20.0 | 0 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | |
| 1958 | 5 | 27 of 51 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 8.7 | 12.4 | 317 | 3912 | 8 | 15 | 2 | -- | |
| 1959 | 8 | 28 of 44 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 13.1 | 11.2 | 154 | 4233 | 5 | 17 | 1 | -- | |
| 1960 | 7 | 34 of 44 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 9.6 | 14.2 | 320 | 5096 | 7 | 19 | 0 | -- | |
| 1961 | 6 | 41 of 52 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 6.8 | 12.1 | 2365 | 7016 | 10 | 21 | 0 | -- | |
| 1962 | 20 | 23 of 53 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6.1 | 17.6 | 648 | 3663 | 4 | 8 | 0 | -- | |
| 1963 | 12 | 33 of 55 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 4.2 | 14.4 | 2396 | 5671 | 10 | 12 | 0 | -- | |
| 1964 | 14 | 29 of 62 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 5.3 | 12.1 | 1116 | 6298 | 4 | 13 | 0 | -- | |
| 1965 | 12 | 36 of 55 | 10 | 13 | 18 | 19 | 3.3 | 11.4 | 3998 | 7144 | 14 | 17 | 0 | -- | |
| 1966 | 49 | 7 of 49 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.7 | 16.0 | 467 | 1813 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -- | |
| TOTALS | 313 of 693 | 47 | 49 | 118 | 143 | 7.2 | 14.0 | 12591 | 50930 | 69 | 142 | 7 | -- |
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