Robert Glenn Johnson Jr., also known as Junior Johnson, was an American professional stock car racing driver, team owner, engineer, and entrepreneur. Johnson has 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, three times.
Throughout his career, Johnson has achieved many titles and awards. He was 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, known as the Junior Johnson Highway.
Who is Junior Johnson’s Wife?
Johnson married thrice. He was married briefly to Mary Jane Gray in 1949. His second marriage with Flossie Clark in 1975 ended in divorce in 1992, although they were childhood friends and had been together since the 1950s. He married his third wife, Lisa Day Johnson, in 1993. He had two children with Lisa Day - Robert Glenn Johnson III and Meredith Johnson.
Mary Jane Gray
No information about Mary Jane Gray is available anywhere other than that she was married to Junior Johnson briefly in 1949.
Flossie Clark
Flossie Clark was born in 1929 in Wilkes County to Julius and Cordie Williams Clark. She worked as a telephone operator at Southern Bell in Winston-Salem after graduating in 1947. When Flossie and Junior Johnson were together, Johnson used to build cars and Flossie built the business, serving and cooking meals for the crew members and scheduling and managing everything. She won six NASCAR championships as car co-owner with Johnson. Flossie passed away on April 9, 2020.
Lisa Day Johnson
Lisa Day Johnson was a registered nurse when she married Junior Johnson. She had two children with Johnson and lived with Johnson in Charlotte, North Carolina.
FAQs on Junior Johnson's Wife
A. Junior Johnson has been nicknamed “The Last American Hero’, which also is the name of the movie inspired by him.
A. LeeRoy Yarbrough, Neil Bonnet, Darrell Waltrip, Terry Labonte, Geoff Bodine, Bill Elliott, Cale Yarborough, and Jimmy Spencer.
A. Junior Johnson had two children: daughter Meredith Suzanne and son Robert Glenn Johnson III.
A. Junior Johnson retired in 1966 as a race car driver.
