jimmie kenneth johnson (born september 17, 1975) is an american stock car driver from el cajon, california. until 2021, johnson drove the no. 48 chevrolet camaro for hendrick motorsports in the monster energy nascar cup series. in 2019, johnson said that the 2020 nascasr season would be his final year competing in the entire schedule. in 2010 johnson became the only driver to win five sprint cup series championships in a row. johnson is married to chandra janway, and they had their first child, which was a girl named genevieve marie johnson on july 7th, 2010.