Team 48 Phoenix International Raceway
JIMMIE JOHNSON
2011 STARTS: 1 WINS: 0 TOP 5: 0 TOP 10: 0
CURRENT DRIVE POINT STANDINGS: 25th POINTS BEHIND 1st: 25
FINISH IN DAYTONA: 27th SPRING 2010 FINISH AT PHOENIX: 3rd
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RACE NOTES
Phoenix International Speedway
. Johnson has made 15 Sprint Cup Series starts at Phoenix International Raceway, where he has earned four wins, 10 top-five and 13 top-10 finishes.
. Johnson has completed 100% (4750 of 4750) of competition laps at the one-mile track and has led 857.
. He has an average start and finish of 11.7 and 4.9.
Chassis
. Johnson will pilot chassis No. 590 in Sunday’s Sprint Cup Series race. He last drove that car to a third-place finish at Richmond in Sept. 2010.
. Backup chassis No. 540 crossed the finish line fifth at Phoenix last November.
JIMMIE JOHNSON QUOTES
PHOENIX HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THEY ARE GOING TO RECONFIGURE THAT TRACK, CHANGE SOME THINGS ON PIT ROAD, CHANGE SOME THINGS ON THE FRONTSTRETCH AND DOGLEG AS WELL, WHAT IS YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU HEARD ABOUT THAT AND WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE CHANGES THEY ARE PLANNING?
“Definitely disappointed that they needed to resurface the track. I understand that at some point all tracks need it and they are at that point. We love the tracks that are worn out and on the verge of needing to be resurfaced. I think we put on our best races there. So, disappointed to hear it go but Phoenix has done a good job in speaking with folks, drivers, trying to understand the track from a safety standpoint and to make sure that we don’t have single-file racing starting at the first race after the repave. I’ve been in talks with Phoenix and the crew that is working on the track and I feel good about things and where they are going with it. If we don’t like it, which sounds like the chances are low, in time it will come back, just like a lot of the other tracks.”
SPRINT CUP SERIES CAREER NOTES
Career Wins
. Johnson has 53 wins in his Sprint Cup Series career, his most recent coming at Dover International Speedway on Sept. 26, 2010.
. The El Cajon, Calif.-native is currently 10th on NASCAR’s all-time wins list, one victory behind Lee Petty.
. He is second in total wins among active drivers, behind Jeff Gordon (82).
. Johnson needed only 296 starts to hit the 50 mark. Only three drivers have reached 50 victories quicker – Gordon (232), Darrell Waltrip (278) and David Pearson (293).
. Johnson has won at least three Cup races a season since he posted his first victory in 2002. He is the only driver in the modern era to win at least three races in each of his first eight full-time seasons.
. Johnson has won Sprint Cup Series races at all but four (Michigan, Chicago, Watkins Glen, Homestead) of the 22 tracks on which the series competes.
. Johnson’s 10 wins in 2007 was the highest number recorded in a single season since Jeff Gordon posted 13 victories in 1998.
. The four-consecutive wins scored by the No. 48 team in the 2007 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup ties a modern-era NASCAR record.
Career Poles
. Johnson has collected 25 poles in his Sprint Cup career.
. The championship driver has earned at least one pole a year since his first full-time season in 2002.
. He had a career-high six poles in 2008.
. Johnson’s most recent pole position was at Dover International Speedway on Sept. 24, 2010.
Career Starts
. Johnson has finished in the top five in the Sprint Cup Series point standings each year since his first full season in 2002.
. Johnson is the only driver to qualify for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup every year since the format was adopted in 2004.
. In 327 Sprint Cup Series starts, Johnson has posted 134 top-five and 203 top-10 finishes.
. He has a top-five finish at every track on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series circuit.
. Johnson has led a total of 10,996 laps (of 94,228) in his Sprint Cup career, covering over 126,257 miles.
. He has finished on the lead lap 253 times.
