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With Jimmie Johnson’s induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Friday night at the Charlotte Convention Center, all three seven-time champions of NASCAR’s premier division will be represented among stock car racing’s elite.
Johnson will be ushered into the Hall along with his crew chief of 17 years, Chad Knaus, and Pioneer Ballot inductee Donnie Allison, a member of the famed Alabama Gang.
Johnson will join seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champions Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt Sr., both of whom were members of the inaugural NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2010.
Allison is the fourth Alabama Gang member to be voted into the Hall, joining his brother, Bobby Allison; his nephew, the late Davey Allison; and seemingly ageless Red Farmer, a Pioneer Ballot inductee from the Class of 2021.
Teamed with Knaus from the beginning of his full-time Cup Series career, Johnson won five of his seven series titles consecutively from 2006 through 2010, eclipsing the previous mark of three straight set by NASCAR Hall of Famer Cale Yarborough from 1976 through 1978. Johnson added championships in 2013 and 2016 to tie Petty and Earnhardt for the series record.
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No single person was more integral to Johnson’s success than Knaus, a brilliant innovator who oversaw the building and preparation of the cars Johnson drove. Together, the driver and crew chief were such an inseparable unit that it was difficult to tell where Johnson’s talent ended, and Knaus’ expertise began.
Knaus was adept at getting optimum performance from Johnson’s No. 48 Chevrolets, occasionally pushing the limits of the rule book. In fact, Knaus was under suspension for Johnson’s first two victories of 2006, at Daytona and Las Vegas, with substitute crew chief Darian Grubb getting credit for the wins.
