He saw about 20 cars ready to run the race, and every one of them was to be driven by a bootlegger. Johnson knew them all. “So, I felt I had a good chance,” he said later.

From the tender age of 14, Junior Johnson was no stranger to the adrenaline rush of evading law enforcement, as he expertly navigated the rugged terrain to deliver moonshine. His deftness with the ...

By 2013, Midnight Moon had grown to become one of the sought after moonshines in America. It was outrunning competition by a ratio of 2:1 and selling more than 500,000 nine litre cases annually.

Johnson had a stretch of highway named after him in 2004, an 8.5-mile stretch of the U.S. Highway 421 from the Yadkin and Wilkes county line to the Windy Gap exit, known as the Junior Johnson Highway.

As a junior, he rushed for 1,907 yards and 28 TDs and passed for 1,602 yards (88 of 141) with 19 TDs and two interceptions for a team that earned consecutive No. 1 seeds and reached the semifinals.

Junior Johnson has a total of 50 wins, 148 Top Tens and 46 Poles. Johnson's first race was in the 1953 Southern 500 at Darlington and his last race was the 1966 American 500 at Rockingham.

The famed racer and bootlegger Junior Johnson once said the Olds 88 was his favorite car "to take whiskey trippin'," as there was "nothin' on the road that could catch it." ...

NASCAR Legend Junior Johnson Was Once Arrested For Having The Largest Moonshine Operation In American History Junior Johnson is a NASCAR legend, and possibly better known as the “Last American Hero”.

Junior Johnson, a member of the inaugural NASCAR Hall of Fame, was a famous bootlegger in the South during his time as one of the sport's premier drivers.

Many early stars got their start carrying illegal moonshine on the rough mountain roads of Appalachia. Racing legend Junior Johnson was the best-known bootlegger in Wilkes County.

In 1909, two things happened that would change racing history forever. That year, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway held its first auto race. The venue would become the global mecca of auto racing and ...

North Augusta Public Safety Chief Junior Johnson after being sworn in at the North Augusta Municipal Building on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. North Augusta officially has a new public safety chief.