The 2007 Nextel Cup Champion- Jimmie Johnson

 The 2007 Nextel Cup Champion- Jimmie Johnson

2007 Championship Facts:


.. Jimmie Johnson won the 2007 Nextel Cup Series Championship, scoring his second series championship in six full-time Nextel Cup seasons.
.. Johnson is 32 years old and is from El Cajon, Calif.
.. Johnson finished the season with 10 victories and 24 top-10 finishes, including four victories and eight top-10s in the 10-Chase for the Nextel Cup.
.. Johnson finished the season with four victories in the final five races and came from 68 points behind then leader Jeff Gordon following the event at Lowe’s Motor Speedway to claim the title by 77 points.
.. Johnson became the 15th driver to post multiple championships in NASCAR’s premier series.
.. This is the 14th time in the history of the Nextel Cup Series that a driver has posted back-toback championships, including the only three consecutive championships by Cale Yarborough (1976-78).
.. Johnson has finished in the top 10 of the final standings in each of his six full-time seasons in Nextel Cup Series, including back-to-back runner-up positions in 2003 and 2004. He finished fifth in his other two full-time seasons.
.. Rick Hendrick won his seventh Nextel Cup Series championship, second only to Petty Enterprises (nine). Petty Enterprises had one season (1954) where Lee Petty won the driver championship but the owner championship went to Herb Thomas.
.. Hendrick is in his 24th full season as a Nextel Cup car owner.
.. Hendrick has won championships with three different drivers: Jeff Gordon (1995, ’97, ’98 and 2001), Jimmie Johnson (2006 and 2007) and Terry Labonte (1996).
.. Hendrick has posted 11 titles in NASCAR’s top three series: Nextel Cup Series (seven), Busch Series (one),Craftsman Truck Series (three). He is joined by Jack Roush and Richard Childress as the only owners to have won championships in all three series.
.. Chad Knaus won his second Nextel Cup Series championship.
.. Knaus is 36 years old and hails from Rockford, Ill.
.. He has participated in six full-time seasons as a crew chief – all with Jimmie Johnson and Rick Hendrick [Knaus served as crew chief for a few teams fior a few races in 2000-2001 but none for the full season].
.. He became the 15th crew chief in Nextel Cup history to claim multiple series titles.(NASCAR Statistics)(11-18-2007)

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