48 Jimmie Johnson

2007 Won his second NASCAR Nextel Cup championship with a late rally past Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jeff Gordon … Won the title by a 77-point margin, the largest championship margin since the Chase For The Nextel Cup began in 2004 … Earned 10 wins, including four in a row during the Chase, with 20 top-five and 24 top-10 finishes … Posted an average finish of 10.8 for the season.

2006 Won his first NASCAR Nextel Cup championship … Earned five wins, including the Daytona 500 with interim crew chief Darian Grubb, who helmed the team for four weeks … Led the standings following 25 of the 36 races … Finished no worse than second in five of the last six races of the season … Earned 13 top-five and 24 top-10 finishes … Named Driver of the Year by several organizations.

2005 Finished fifth in series points. ... Won four races in his fourth season in the Nextel Cup Series, including the season sweep at Lowe's Motor Speedway, which included a third consecutive Coca-Cola 600 win. Johnson is the first driver to win three straight Coca-Cola 600s. ... Other victories came at the September event at Dover and Las Vegas. ... Has finished in the top five all four of his Cup series seasons. ... Finished with one pole, 13 top-fives and 22 top-10s

2004 Finished second in series points, only eight behind champion Kurt Busch, in the closest championship finish in Nextel Cup history. ... Led points for nine race weeks during season. ... Led series in wins with eight and top fives with 20. ... Started Chase for the NASCAR Nextel Cup fifth in the standings, and dropped to ninth after first three races of Chase. Rallied by winning four of the year’s last six races, including three consecutive (Charlotte-Martinsville-Atlanta). ... Martinsville victory came on same day that Hendrick Motorsports airplane crash killed 10 people; subsequent win the next week at Atlanta resulted in subdued, emotional celebration. ... Had three season sweeps, winning both events held at Darlington, Charlotte and Pocono. ... Repeated as Coca-Cola 600 champion and also won Mountain Dew Southern 500. ... String of 70 consecutive weeks in top 10 ended in week 2, after a 41st-place finish at Rockingham.

2003 Finished second in series points, in only his second full season. ... Spent all 36 weeks in the NASCAR top 10, the only driver to do so. Started 2004 with a string of 69 consecutive weeks in the top 10, best among active drivers. ... Finished two spots above his car owner, Jeff Gordon, in the NASCAR top 10. ... Season highlight was winning rain-shortened Coca-Cola 600 in May at Charlotte, one week after winning The Winston, a non-points event also held at Charlotte. ... Swept season events at New Hampshire. ... Ended season by finishing in the top three in the last six events to secure runner-up finish in series championship.

2002 Finished fifth in series points as a rookie. ... Won Daytona 500 pole in fourth career start. ... First career victory (at California) came in 13th start. ... Won three races (California and both Dover races). ... Became first rookie in series history to sweep both races at a track. ... Led point standings for one week following Kansas in September.

2001 Finished 52nd in series points. ... Made series debut with three starts, best finish 25th at Homestead.