Robert Glenn “Junior” Johnson, a moonshine runner turned NASCAR driver described as “The Last American Hero” by author Tom Wolfe in a 1965 article for Esquire, died Friday. He was 88.

Junior Johnson, a stock-car racing giant whose career spanned the sport’s history from its moonshining roots to its modern era as a fierce, hard-nosed driver and an innovative mechanic and team ...

Robert Glenn “Junior” Johnson, the moonshine runner turned NASCAR driver described as “The Last American Hero” by author Tom Wolfe in a 1965 article for Esquire, died Friday.

NASCAR icon Junior Johnson, whose rich history as a driver, mechanic and team owner began as a moonshiner outrunning the law in the NC mountains, has died, NASCAR said Friday. He was 88.

(AP) — Robert Glenn “Junior” Johnson, a moonshine runner turned NASCAR driver described as “The Last American Hero” by author Tom Wolfe in a 1965 article for Esquire, died Friday. He was 88.

Johnson also won the Daytona 500 as both a driver (1960) and twice as a team owner (’69, ’77). “Junior Johnson truly was the ‘Last American Hero,’” said NASCAR Chairman and CEO Jim France.

Junior Johnson, the former moonshiner turned hard-charging race car driver who won 50 NASCAR races in the 1950s and '60s before becoming a team owner, has died at the age of 88, NASCAR said on Friday.

Junior Johnson and car owner Ray Fox celebrate winning the 1960 Daytona 500. Johnson won many times in NASCAR competition as a driver and later as a team owner.

Understand this: Junior Johnson may be what stock-car racing is all about. But stock-car racing never has been what Junior Johnson is all about. A legendary driver who retired at 34 because ”I`d ...

An American professional stock car racing driver, Junior Johnson was a team owner, driver, engineer, as well as an entrepreneur. Having won 50 NASCAR races in his entire career, Johnson retired as ...

Junior Johnson’s professional career started when he raced at the 1953 Southern 500, Darlington. Having won 50 races throughout his career as a race car driver, Johnson retired in 1966 after his ...

Robert Glenn “Junior” Johnson, the moonshine runner turned NASCAR driver described as “The Last American Hero” by author Tom Wolfe in a 1965 article for Esquire, died Friday. He was 88.