In memory of Junior Johnson 1931 - 2019

People wonder what’s better than going 200mph in NASCAR. Running moonshine. Junior Johnson

I’ve known Junior most of my adult life! You’ll never meet a finer man! Junior was good to everyone! I’ll miss him dearly!

@jimfogle4475

2 жыл бұрын

Is jr still alive

@bennybost7073

2 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace Junior Johnson amen August 25th 2021

@dennislattimore4567

2 жыл бұрын

Yes he's one of God's children that sells moonshine that's OK with you right .

@Shiggiesmalls02

2 жыл бұрын

@@dennislattimore4567 correct me if I'm wrong but alcohol is now legal so does it really matter? also god hahahahah

@dennislattimore4567

2 жыл бұрын

@@Shiggiesmalls02 it's not legal with God brother

RIP Junior Johnson...... true legend of motorsports.

“Midnight Moon” Junior Johnson. NASCAR HOF and can make one hell of a great moonshine.

@coymabe6754

2 жыл бұрын

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@agnomymous2198

2 жыл бұрын

Best moonshine I ever had and have nightly.

My father was friends with jr Johnson and a few others,I have a old Jr Johnson car in our barn,Mr, Johnson is a great man

Very accurate story. Nothing taken out of context. I'm humbled to say that Mr. Johnson is a friend of mine. He is, in person, EXACTLY what you see here. Maybe he is or isn't the last American hero, but he sure as hell is a hero of mine! I wish everyone could know him, if for no other reason than to learn how to brag and be humble at the same time. He taught me more than he probably realizes. I hope you get to shake hands with him someday. You'll see why! 😝🙂✌️

@cepaasch

4 жыл бұрын

We could all use a LOT of that " I wish everyone could know him, if for no other reason than to learn how to brag and be humble at the same time."

@dennisholst4322

3 ай бұрын

Earnhardt theory stomp on it

@storeymizzell3019

Ай бұрын

He is missed ❤️

RIP Last American Hero. 2nd Daytona 500 winner and an icon at that.

Had to watch as he has just passed away. The Wilkes County Wild Man the Last American hero is Junior Johnson, YES! 1931-2019

RIP Junior Johnson

Grateful to have seen Junior Johnson run at a Hillsborough, NC dirt track ~1963 in a race which included Joe Weatherly, Richard and Lee Petty, among others. So sad to hear of his passing.

Junior Johnson (1931-2019)

A true Southern gentleman. We miss you ol boy.

Some say just a country boy just a NASCAR team owner but let me tell you folks that is a very smart man.

@tomthomson9354

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah he was!

@drivin379

4 жыл бұрын

First discover drafting ....first to hack into RESTRICTOR PLATE and carb to get more HP ....HE reason winston started sponsoring nascar......plus lottttt more

@MrGaryGG48

Жыл бұрын

Mr. Baker, might you be a relative??? Junior was an incredibly talented man and not just behind the steering wheel! 👍

Great story. Just listening to the man talk tells me he's 'good to the bone.'

@NEO_RedPill_2024

7 жыл бұрын

Phil Brown I agree. What a great American story.

@DixytheGoat9

Жыл бұрын

Well other than the times he was arrested for running illegal moonshine yeah hes defintly a good guy

Ronald Wilson Reagan gave Jr a Pardon.. Awesome

@dennisholst4322

3 ай бұрын

Wow

Ole Junior, got him a hot young wife and raised a family as an old man. What a class act.

RIP Junior.Thanks for the ride

Junior is what you call a "good ol' boy"

Man there is nothing like the bond between a father and a son. The film was great but the end was the best. I grew up learning everything i know from my dad between hunting,fishing what i know about cars and pretty much everything else i know.

Chemist, engineer, physics, buisniess, man was a genuis😁

From calling NASCAR. RACES TO calling the cows what an iconic legend.

The drive it took to keep going!!! Awesome story of a man.

Great story of a Great Man.

In Junior's day, young men were obedient and respectful of there parents, especially their Fathers. In one comment, Junior said he could be 40 years old and if his father asked him to fire up the Still, he would not hesitate to carry out his father's instructions. My family are from the same area Junior grew up at so I can easily relate to the Appalachian culture of some of the finest people one could ever know.

Junior just sounds so chilled out. He knew what he was saying.

God bless you Junior. Another good ol boy gone to heaven. Rest In Peace.

Rest in peace junior

You are great junior.im drinking your shine as we speak while tearing out my engine for a rebuild.

Someone asked Junior how do you make a small fortune in NASCAR and he said, "Start with a large one!"

Mike Joy is one myfavorite guys he really likes hotrod especially when he at barret Jackson one of the best cars show around hope to see you there Joy l.d.k.

My daddy Robert Barney Webster and Junior Johnson were best friends and went to Rhonda High School together.

RIP Jr. Johnson.

RIP Junior Johnson the last American Hero! He may have been a simple southerner to most but in reality the man was a genius on multiple levels. Go rest high on that mountain JJ!

What a brilliant documentary. Than you.

One of the true NASCAR champions plus I had the pleasure of meeting him in Bristol he seen me walking across the parking lot with a case of his cat daddy moonshine he proceeded to holler at me asked me if I would like his signature. He took the time for pictures with me and signed every bottle and proceeded to piss off everybody that was in line waiting because he took me in front of everyone I will never forget it. He gave me a smile for the rest of my life every time I think about it plus I still have a bottle or two lol 😂

Thanks Junior! 🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸

RIP junior Johnson- a true southern American hero

That was so good!

Junior Johnson saves Nascar by finding them a title sponsor for 32 years. Nascar turns around and screws junior , so he's says. I'm out of here. Way too go Nascar.

@DixytheGoat9

Жыл бұрын

Well it wasnt Nascars fault cause the US goverment banned Tabaco advertisement

@adamUDavies

Жыл бұрын

@@DixytheGoat9 it's always someone else's fault. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Rest In Peace to a great man

Met and talked (listened) to him at Atlanta in 1975.

Never knew that Junior drove a 65 Ford Galaxie in his last season as a driver. The 65 Galaxie R-Code 427 is my favorite Ford ever made other than maybe a 66-67 Fairlane R-Code 427

A still got busted here in wilkes county last week and it was the talk of the town! It's still going on

Even at his peak as an owner he was just a normal guy, he once walked into the small cafe we were eating at in Jonesville NC, sat down on a stool at the counter, ordered his food and ate like the rest of us, no fanfare but we all knew greatness was in our presence

Rip Junior Johnson

Did not realise the N.Carolina accent was so strong. I like it.

The Last American Hero!

i thought it was great how they tied the last american hero movie with jeff bridges with this and because of that movie i became a fan of the real legendary junior johnson

@dannypowers4995

3 жыл бұрын

My dad took me to see the movie back in the early 70s at a walk in theater. I did not know who Junior Johnson was but I wanted to be just like him when I grew up.

Rest In Peace American Hero.

I just wont to say im on my wifes youtube acc my name is michael i live in wilkesboro and im 32 he,s still a hero to me ive allways heard storys about him growing up With my famliy makeing moon shine on my mom side was like he,s famliy they had 13 kids and lived good but they made moon shine but what people forr get is Back then it was a way of life for folks around here u could make a good liveing and go to jail but to me selling moon shine is alot better than what people are doing in this day and time But god bless from nc

He's my under dog.

My late Father absolutely loved Junior, but Pop knowing his Son absolutely love's Richard Petty he would never openly root for Junior, or Junior's car/driver when we watched the Stocker's ( as Pop called um ) race on TV, or in the stands at Riverside or Ontario. That must of been tough on him starting in 76, when Richard started to fade a bit & suddenly Cale couldn't be beat hardly ☺️ By the time I turned 20 in 81, I was old enough to finally comprehend just what & who JJ was & it was then I started to really appreciate him, Pop knew how to pick um 😉👍 Listen, when Bruce Springsteen start's singing about you in one of his epic tunes, you know you are a True AMERICAN BADDASS! 💪

Nobody sold more 59-60 Chevy's than Junior Johnson

Take that damn shirt off and stand there 😂 Legend!

Gary Busey did an excellent job narrating

@K-Effect

Жыл бұрын

It broke my heart to hear that Junior died with Alzheimer’s in a hospice. What a horrible thing, to have such genius and then to lose such a gifted mind

Though I live in California since I was 3. I’m always pulled back to North Carolina and wanting to know more about the legends of where I was born and I’m always wanting to race if the car can handle it. I’ve already blown a engine lol.

RIP Junior. Thank you. Fireball died IN a fireball as he probably wanted to do. Thank you for your Maxwell House 11 and Bud 22 Jr

Excellent

wouldve loved to see some young kid try to mess with that ol' boy when he was out driving one of those souped up fords. Much respect Mr. Johnson.

The first class should have went like this,Bill France, Junior, Smoky, Cotton,an Bud Moor

Took Junior Johnsin decades to get in the HOF but old Kenseth only took a few months after retiring. I guess Kenseth is better.

RIP The Last American Hero 1931-2019

Mike Joy needs to be in NASCAR HOF

@purplebondsaiyan2987

5 жыл бұрын

I agree!!!!

@thomasrowan4191

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe a Squier Hall award recipient.

RIP Junior! Sad to see a great track "North Wilkesboro"speedway and driver/owner pass away into the sunset....

Jr Johnson is a hero of mine and I didn't know him but his inovation is memorable what a man!!!

Junior was a runner himself one of the best there was.

So THAT's where Dale Sr got it from...

When I was a kid, we use to go to Roberts to get water, first bottled water I remember

Legend

Jr Johnson jumped out of a tumbling NASCAR race car right out of the back windra. Study it should have been a Pulitzer prize winner... Look it up.. Unbelievable but true

You did it your way RIP junior

37:00 anyone else notice the green jacket on Junior? LOL. #Legend

RIP

A True LEGAND.

God bless Junior Johnson without measuring cups! amen August 25th 2021 amen thank God 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😅

1:00 Howie Stange - Real Gone Daddy 4:00 Al Downning - Down On The Farm

@jamesphillips4637

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you was wondering

@jamesphillips4637

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you was wondering

So good

Sad how NASCAR forced him out

The music is so loud you cant hear the narrator....................

@timchilders3535

5 жыл бұрын

No kidding. The music is some of these videos is so damn annoying, totally unnecessary! Why can't they figure out, that its silly and so DETRACTING to the interviews?

Would have been crazy if Dale Earnhardt raced for junior johnson in the 80’s and wound up driving the 3 anyway

And to think, he could have been my grandpa if great grandma hadn't chased him of our porch with a shotgun...

What are goose shit cigarettes

#RIPJuniorJohnson #AmericanHero #nascar #darrellwaltrip #caleyarborough #billelliott #terrylabonte #geoffreybodine #Budweiser

He smoked goose shit cigarettes. It was a strange habit which he kept a secret.

@haulshine4093

9 жыл бұрын

Twilter Konargi goose shit cigarettes? WTF?!

@jeremythompson9895

5 жыл бұрын

Huh?

Been there ,north Wilkesboro, amd his shop

Would have to catch him at still lol. Ain’t catching jr on the road

Junior had a 63 impala Chevrolet..r.jones has a 1966SS396 chevelle Chevrolet...

First time my grandpa was out of the state of Georgia he went to Ohio prison for making moonshine

I wonder did you ever Put mansion in the Gas tank

that's the way it should be :)

What happened with the cale Yarborough biography?

AMERICA HERO

Or maybe it is gary busey but damn he sounds different

Him and chevy the mystery engine

Turn the music louder !!! I can just about hear Jr. talking...

Second one time for making moonshine he went to Tallahassee Florida

Junior has a young wife with a few old man childs.

Gary Busey Narrating

@yammmit

6 жыл бұрын

nascarfan88ta Yes that’s what they said.

@branden3785

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah I couldn't believe it when he said it was himself in The Last American Hero. I know Busey well, but he sounds so much more...distinguished...here than I normally remember his voice to be.

Man I wish Junior Johnson and Associates were still around today What happened to them?

@angryrick2330

4 жыл бұрын

Did you not watch the documentary?

@JackCallSports

4 жыл бұрын

Chris G Like performance wise

@angryrick2330

4 жыл бұрын

@@JackCallSports he sold his team to Brett Bodine.

@JackCallSports

4 жыл бұрын

Chris G performance wise In 1992 they win races with Bill And only 4 years later they close

@fa1509

4 жыл бұрын

Why they closed, because the cost of the cars?