Junior Johnson's Sponsors

Robert Glenn Johnson Jr., also known as Junior Johnson, was an American professional stock car racing driver, team owner, engineer, and entrepreneur. Johnson won over 50 races in the NASCAR Cup Series with 148 top-10 finishes. Being inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame (1990) and the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (1991), Johnson won the NASCAR championship three times with Cale Yarborough and Darrell Waltrip.

Throughout his career, Johnson achieved many titles and awards. He was named one of the NASCAR’s 50 Greatest Drivers in 1998. On May 23, 2010, Johnson was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. He was also a part of NASCAR’s 75 Greatest Drivers in 2023. Johnson had a stretch of highway named after him in 2004, an 8.5-mile stretch of the U.S. Highway 421 from the Yadkin and Wilkes county line to the Windy Gap exit, the Junior Johnson Highway.

Junior Johnson Major Sponsors

Junior Johnson’s professional career started when he raced at the 1953 Southern 500, Darlington. Having won 50 races throughout his career as a race car driver, Johnson retired in 1966 after his race at the Hickory Motor Speedway. Johnson’s team- Junior Johnson and Associates was a NASCAR team that ran in the Winston Cup Series from 1953 to 1995. Johnson’s sponsors when he was a race car driver were:

1. Olds

2. Hudson

3. Cadillac’

4. Chrysler

5. Chevy

6. Pontiac

7. Dodge

8. Ford

9. Mercury

Johnson’s Sponsors when he was a team owner were:

1. Holly Farms

2. Pepsi

3. Budweiser

4. McDonald’s

5. Maxwell House

6. Lowe’s

7. Buick

8. Chevrolet

9. Ford