Junior-Johnson-Obituary

Junior Johnson

Age 88

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DIED
December 20, 2019
AGE
88

Obituary

Junior Johnson was a NASCAR legend who won 50 races during his Hall of Fame career including the 1960 Daytona 500. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.

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In loving memory of a wonderful person. We will love you and miss you always.

The best of the best; there will never be another like him. So kind to everyone and he never forgot his roots. He contributed so much to so many and never thought twice about it. A real Hero to so many. Thanks for all your many deeds that went unnoticed by so many.

Always a hero of mine....seen him win the 65 Rebel 300 at Darlington.....and his cars win many races....a great man....Rip Jr

served up the best country ham breakfast on the planet... if you were lucky enough too be invited.

Best wishes from Canada. Although Junior had an amazing NASCAR career, I always enjoyed reading or hearing him talk about the moonshine days.

Met this great man around 2017, 2018. I was at a local Sheriff Dept in Western NC helping with some iT service work. Mr Jr Johnson came in and dropped off some flyers for some fund raising he was doing for local children's charity I think. Didn't know the impact and greatness of this guy since I don't follow racing. Most humble man, still doing great things for the community. Also shared with me he was going to be racing/driving in a race soon. Oldest racer on the track, in the record books,...

I was a kid when my uncle took to Bowman-Gray stadium in Winston-Salem, NC to watch a race. I was hooked on NASCAR at that time. Junior Johnson became my hero and favorite driver. He still is and will always be. NASCAR lost the best of the best. May God Bless Junior and his family and friends.

I would like to express my deepest condolences to the family for their loss of a talented man, who will be remembered for his contribution to History. May you find comfort and strength in God during this time of mourning.

In 1970 when i was 14 we went to a race at the old Savannah speedway and there was this big guy standing down front. He was scouting these new kid drivers coming up , Dale Ernhardt, Bill Elliiot. Morgan Shepard, Sam Ard, Tommy Ellis, Harry Gant, Sammy Porter and this old guy Red Farmer. There was only 7 late model cars in the race, the locals would bug out when they would show up. No one seemed to know who Junior was but my parents. He talked racing with them for a good ten minutes, He...