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Jun 28, 1931 Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States 93 years old
American racecar driver
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About Junior Johnson
- Robert Glenn Johnson, Jr.
- (born June 28, 1931), better known as Junior Johnson, is a former NASCAR driver of the 1950s and 1960s.
- He won 50 NASCAR races in his career before retiring in 1966.
- In the 1970s and 1980s, he became a NASCAR racing team owner; he sponsored such NASCAR champions as Cale Yarborough and Darrell Waltrip.
- He now produces a line of fried pork skins and country ham.
- He is credited as the first to use the drafting technique in stock car racing.
- He is nicknamed "The Last American Hero" and his autobiography is of the same name.
- In May 2007, Johnson teamed with Piedmont Distillers of Madison, North Carolina, to introduce the company's second moonshine product, called "Midnight Moon Moonshine".
