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Charlotte is a Johnson kind of speedway
It was the most dominant performance by a race car I've seen in quite a while. It was as dominant as Formula One's Michael Schumacher was on Sunday morning in the European Grand Prix. The 48 team made all the right adjustments. They were on their game all night long.
He looked awful racy coming off of Turn 2 and headed down the back before making the move of the race with 25 laps to go. He won the race by threading the needle between Robby Gordon and Kasey Kahne . He couldn't wait. He had to go. Kahne gave him a little room, and he forced his way in there. That was just hard driving right there, and I couldn't believe how fast that car was.
Jeff Gordon told me the difference between young drivers today and five years ago is these young guys, like Johnson, drive every green-flag lap like they are qualifying. They don't ever slow down or pace themselves, and they've got equipment that will hold up so they can run as fast as they want every lap.
Johnson Motor Speedway
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They named a highway in Junior's honor in Wilkes County, N.C. I told him that they should have named that highway after me as many times as he told me to hit it.
Charlotte is a Johnson kind of speedway. Jimmie dominated in 2004 on his way to sweeping both races there. Junior has won here. And Joe Lee Johnson won the first World 600 in 1960 so there's a little history lesson for you folks.
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