In the storied history of NASCAR auto racing American race car
driver Jimmie Johnson is one of the most accomplished and decorated
professional athletes of his era and is the only race car driver
ever to be named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year. His
historic seven NASCAR Cup Series championship titles are shared
with NASCAR Hall of Famers Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt as the
most all-time. One More Lap, Jimmie Johnson and The #48
memorializes the record-breaking career of this extraordinary
athlete who began racing motocross at five years old in his
hometown of El Cajon, California with a laser focus on becoming a
racing champion. After switching from dirt bikes to off-road
vehicles, Johnson quickly graduated into pavement racing, receiving
mentorship from another NASCAR legend, Jeff Gordon. By 2002,
Johnson was competing in NASCAR s Sprint Cup Series as part of the
fabled Hendrick Motorsports racing team and began to capture the
imagination of racing fans across the globe. Over the course of his
career, Johnson recorded 83 wins, 232 top-five, 374 top-10 finishes
and 36 pole positions en route to seven championships, including
five in a row from 2006-2010. Johnson ranks sixth on the NASCAR
all-time wins list and is a two-time Daytona 500 winner. Johnson s
life changed in 2004 when he married Chandra Janway, later
welcoming daughters Genevieve Marie in 2010 and Lydia Norriss in
2013. Chandra had a keen interest in art; the two began collecting,
and in 2015 she opened the SOCO contemporary art gallery in
Charlotte, North Carolina. Johnson began exploring his passion for
art and photography by hiring photographers such as Andrew Moore
and Danny Clinch to record behind-the-scenes at many of his races.
With forewords from racing and sports legends, Jeff Gordon and Troy
Aikman, this volume captures photographs from Johnson s early life
and the beginning of his illustrious career and also features
exhilarating racing snapshots by renowned photographers, Sebastian
Kim and Peggy Sirota, as well as images taken Johnson himself.
Revelatory, inspiring, and truly thrilling, Johnson s story will
appeal to NASCAR enthusiasts, sports lovers, photography fans, and
anyone interested in the story of a childhood dream that came true.
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