Junior Johnson
American NASCAR driver
Died when: 88 years 175 days (1061 months)Star Sign: Cancer
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Robert Glenn Johnson Jr. (June 28, 1931 – December 20, 2019), better known as Junior Johnson, was an American NASCAR driver of the 1950s and 1960s.
He won 50 NASCAR races in his career before retiring in 1966.In the 1970s and 1980s, he became a NASCAR racing team owner, winning the NASCAR championship with Cale Yarborough and Darrell Waltrip.
He produced a line of fried pork skins and country ham.He is credited as the first to use the drafting technique in stock car racing.
He was nicknamed "The Last American Hero," and his autobiography is of the same name.In May 2007, Johnson teamed with Piedmont Distillers of Madison, North Carolina, to introduce the company's second moonshine product, called "Midnight Moon Moonshine".
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