NASCAR LEGEND JUNIOR JOHNSON PASSES AWAY AT 88
Robert Glenn “Junior” Johnson, one of NASCAR’s earliest star drivers and a legendary figure in the auto racing garage, has died at age of 88. Johnson won 50 races at a driver, including the 1960 Daytona 500, and six top-level championships as an owner. Johnson was a member of the first class inducted into the racing body’s hall of fame in 2010. Johnson, who grew up near Wilkesboro, North Carolina, was imprisoned in 1956 for having a moonshine still and spent 11 months in detention. He was pardoned by President Ronald Reagan in 1986.