What is Junior Johnson?
{{Infobox NASCAR driver |image = JuniorJohnson1985.jpg |caption = Johnson in 1985 |name = Junior Johnson |birth_name = Robert Glenn Johnson, Jr. |birth_date = {{birth date|1931|6|28}} |birth_place = [[Wilkesboro, North Carolina]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date = {{death date and age|2019|12|20|1931|6|28}} |death_place = [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], North Carolina, U.S. |achievements = [[1960 Daytona 500]] winner<br>6-time [[Winston Cup Series]] Owner's Champion with [[Cale Yarborough]] (1976, 1977, 1978) and [[Darrell Waltrip]] (1981, 1982, 1985) |awards = Named one of [[NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers]] (1998)<br>[[International Motorsports Hall of Fame]] Inductee (1990)<br>[[Motorsports Hall of Fame of America]] Inductee (1991)<br>[[NASCAR Hall of Fame]] Inductee (2010) |Years_In_Cup = 14 |Total_Cup_Races = 313 |Best_Cup_Pos = 6th - [[1955 in NASCAR]] and 1961 (Grand National) |Cup_Wins = 50 |Cup_Top_Tens = 148 |Cup_Poles = 46 |First_Cup_Race = [[1953 Southern 500]] ([[Darlington Raceway|Darlington]]) |First_Cup_Win = 1955 [[Hickory Motor Speedway]] |Last_Cup_Win = [[1965 Wilkes 400]] ([[North Wilkesboro Speedway|North Wilkesboro]]) |Last_Cup_Race = [[1966 American 500]] ([[North Carolina Speedway|Rockingham]]) }} '''Robert Glenn Johnson, Jr. ''' (June 28, 1931 &ndash; December 20, 2019),<ref name = NYT>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/20/sports/junior-johnson-dead.html|title = Junior Johnson, Good-Old-Boy Auto Racing Star, Is Dead at 88|work = [[The New York Times]]|date = December 20, 2019|access-date = December 20, 2019|last = Goldstein|first = Richard|archive-date = December 21, 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191221011013/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/20/sports/junior-johnson-dead.html|url-status = live}}</ref> better known as '''Junior Johnson''', was a [[NASCAR]] driver of the 1950s and 1960s. He won 50 NASCAR races in his career before retiring in