Junior Johnson, a stock-car racing giant whose career spanned the sport’s history from its moonshining roots to its modern era as a fierce, hard-nosed driver and an innovative mechanic and team owner, ...

Robert Glenn “Junior” Johnson, the moonshine runner turned NASCAR driver described as “The Last American Hero” by author Tom Wolfe in a 1965 article for Esquire, died Friday. He was 88. NASCAR ...

Sitting in the grandstand named after him, Junior Johnson looks out at the backstretch at North Wilkesboro Speedway in a 1996 photo. Observer file photo A half-century before Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 at ...

Long-term driver–team partnerships are rare in modern-day NASCAR. Drivers seldom stay with one organization long enough to build a decades-long legacy.

Junior eventually settled on mighty Hendrick Motorsports, where he’ll join a team that won 18 of 36 races this season and its seventh Nextel Cup title. The move has put pressure on NASCAR’s most ...

NASCAR pioneer Junior Johnson won 50 races as a driver and more than 100 as an owner. He was part of NASCAR's first Hall of Fame class. NASCAR Legend And Bootlegger Junior Johnson Dies At 88 NOEL KING ...