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Earl Paul Barban Jr. (born October 5, 1964) is an American stock car racing spotter and former team owner. He is a five-time Cup Series champion with Jimmie Johnson and has won three Xfinity titles with JR Motorsports' Chase Elliott, William Byron, and Tyler Reddick.
The Jimmie Johnson Foundation was launched by Johnson and his wife, Chandra, in 2006. The foundation helps children, families, and communities in need. In 2007, Johnson opened Jimmie Johnson's Victory Lanes in Randleman, North Carolina , which is a four-lane bowling alley for campers at Pattie and Kyle Petty's Victory Junction Gang Camp.
JR Motorsports (pronounced "Junior Motorsports") is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series, CARS Tour, and occasionally in the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series.
Reeves was the spotter for Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the 2004 Daytona 500, Earnhardt's first win in the event. Reeves moved Hendrick Motorsports in 2007 as the spotter of Jimmie Johnson's No. 48 team, replacing Earl Barban. With Reeves, Johnson won 16 races and the 2007 and 2008 championships, but Reeves was laid off after the 2008 season. [3]
Johnson's first five Cup Series championships from (2006 to 2010) were won consecutively. His successes have caused many analysts and fellow drivers to consider him as one of the greatest NASCAR drivers of all time. Johnson drove the No. 48 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports for his entire full-time Cup Series career from 2002 to 2020 NASCAR ...
Johnson holding the Sprint Cup trophy after clinching his seventh Cup Series title with a win in the 2016 Ford EcoBoost 400 Johnson performing a burnout at the 2017 O'Reilly Auto Parts 500. Key: No. – Victory number; for example, "1" signifies Johnson's first race win. Grid – The position on the grid from which Johnson started the race.
Johnson was not allowed to qualify the car and started at the back of the field. Knaus was fined $100,000 and was suspended for six races. [20] In February 2012, Knaus was once again accused by NASCAR officials of a rules violation involving the #48 car of Jimmie Johnson after it failed pre-race inspection for the Daytona 500.
The 2013 Federated Auto Parts 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on September 7, 2013, at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia, United States.