CUP: Is Jimmie Johnson The Best Ever?

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CUP: Is Jimmie Johnson The Best Ever?

Newly-crowned 2010 Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson has piled up some impressive statistics...

Gregg Leary | Posted November 22, 2010 Charlotte, NC

Jimmie Johnson won championship No. 5 in 2010. (Photo: LAT Photographic)

Jimmie Johnson's five consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup championships from 2006-2010 are a feat accomplished by no other driver.

Only Richard Petty and the late Dale Earnhardt, with seven titles, have more.

Jeff Gordon, Johnson's Hendrick Motorsports teammate, is next with four championships.

Johnson's 53 race wins are second among active drivers behind Gordon, and 10th all-time.

Johnson's winning percentage of 16.2 is first among active drivers and sixth all-time behind only Herb Thomas, Tim Flock, David Pearson, Richard Petty and Fred Lorenzen.

Johnson's top-five finishing percentage is second among active drivers, trailing only Gordon. Johnson's top-10 percentage is first among active drivers.

Johnson has won at the following NASCAR tracks:
• Shortest: Martinsville
• Longest: Talladega
• Oldest: Indy
• Newest: Kansas
• Most Famous: Daytona
• Highest-banked: Bristol, Talladega
• No banking: Infineon
• Half mile: Bristol, Martinsville
• 75-Mile: Richmond
• One mile: Dover, New Hampshire, Phoenix
• Mile and 1.5-mile: Atlanta, Kansas, Charlotte, Las Vegas, Texas
• 2-Mile: Fontana
• 2.5-Mile: Daytona, Pocono, Indy
• Road Course: Infineon

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