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Jimmie Johnson Retiring As Full-Time NASCAR Driver After 2020

NASCAR legend Jimmie Johnson is retiring as a full-time NASCAR Cup driver after next season, which will be his nineteenth year in the sport. The 44-year-old made the announcement in a video posted to his social media accounts yesterday.

Johnson—who currently drives the Number 48 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Hendrick Motorsports—featured footage his top moments in the video and spoke about what the past nearly two decades has brought him.

"I'm so thankful for 18 incredible years of racing in NASCAR. The sport has been good to me and has allowed me to do something I truly love,"he said.

Ultimately, Johnson admitted in the post he is chasing an eighth title one last time with the simple caption “#Chasing8one final time”

Johnson is a seven-time NASCAR champion, which makes him tied for most all-time along with Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt. He has the sixth-most combined total all-time NASCAR Cup Series wins with 83.

His ridiculous resume includes 16 consecutive seasons with a win, 648 consecutive starts, which is tied for sixth-most all-time, and is the only driver to win five consecutive Cup Series championships, which came from 2006-2010.

Johnson said all of this was more than he ever thought possible. In his announcement video he said he just "showed up chasing a dream" and had no idea all of this was in store for him.

Hopefully—one last NASCAR Championship.

Source:CBS Sports


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