Nextel Cup Series

PERSONAL Birthdate: Sept. 17, 1975 Hometown: El Cajon, Calif. Resides: Mooresville, N.C. Marital Status: Married (Chandra) Children: None Hobbies: Water sports

HIGHLIGHTS Series runner-up last two seasons Series-leading eight wins in 2004 34 top-five finishes in the last two seasons Coca-Cola 600 champion in 2003 and '04 2002 Daytona 500 polesitter

YEAR-BY-YEAR NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RECAP 2004 Finished second in series points, only eight behind champion Kurt Busch, in the closest championship finish in NASCAR 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 NASCAR Top 10 ended in Week 2, after 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 NASCAR 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.

PREVIOUS RACING HISTORY Finished eighth in NASCAR Busch Series points in 2001, driving for Herzog Motorsports. … Earned first career NASCAR Busch Series victory in the series’ inaugural race at Chicagoland Speedway… Won $1,556,668 in 72 NASCAR Busch Series events from 1998-2001. … During first full season in the NASCAR Busch Series, had six top- 10 finishes and finished 10th in the point standings. …In 1999, started five NASCAR Busch Series races, led 22 laps and collected one top-10 finish. …Won Rookie of the Year honors in the ASA ACDelco Challenge Series in 1998. … Prior to racing stock cars, Johnson won six off-road racing championships including the 1992, ’93, and ’94 Mickey Thompson Stadium Truck Series championships, the ’94 SCORE Desert championship and the ’96 and ’97 SODA Winter Series championship. … Also has competed in the 1995 SCORE Trophy Truck Series and the 1991 MTEG Series. … Began racing in motocross events at the age of four.

NOTEWORTHY During the 2000 season, Johnson was selected as one of People Magazine’s “Sexiest Men in the Fast Lane,” along with other NASCAR drivers. … Johnson was the youngest driver ever in the Mickey Thompson Stadium Truck Series. … Johnson and Jeff Gordon joined World Superbike champion Colin Edwards in Europe, and won the 2002 Race of Champions Nations Cup, an annual event pitting the world’s best rally, motorcycle and circuit racers against one another in head-to-head competition. … Also named Sporting News’ 2004 Driver of the Year.… Married Dec. 11, 2004 to the former Chandra Janway on St. Barts in the Caribbean.