If Brian France had been running the show back then he would've banned drafting because it wasn't Nascars idea.

My great grandpa had a very similar outlook and way of life to Junior Johnson. He raced motorcycles on dirt tracks and rode the wall of death for the local fair each year into his 50s. That era of men and women were a different breed of human beings.

Why the fabulous fuck is this in my recommended nine years later

RIP Junior Johnson

Junior is a legend.

Junior Johnson is one of the best examples of "Talk slow and think fast."....

That's racein this shit today is not the same

It sounds like moonshine has caught up with Junior Johnson’s memory.

do one next on when jr discovered money........

tough crowd on here. think i'll take the word of a proffessional

Crazy how such a scientific discovery was made by some slow mascar driver trying to keep up. What a W

it was Junior Johnson who discovered the wheel I believe...

The 59 Chevy had a 348. Chevy didn't have the 409 until 61. They were the same basic engine.

Great man

he discovered drafting? What, somebody bought him a pencil and an eraser?

150 mph in these full-size tanks. Damn. Balls were bigger then lol

I wonder if he ever discovered the G spot?

Great little story. Hate the phony race commentator dubbed in though.

RIP

Yes sir!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The original heavy metal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The feel of a classic car is a powerful thing to experience. It like going back in time . No computer just you and flat-head screwdriver to tune and your the brain .

.no 409 at this time.never one built for 7000 rpm.

Being a dumb kid I got my first car 72 Barracuda good aerodynamic car,more on that later,well trying to keep up with my friends in the town where I lived I made some mods myself,I put on headers,because they ain't know sweeter sound then aV8 exhaust going thru tuned headers,plus a nice top end boost,shift improved kit in the transmission,that helped a bunch,and I lived right by a six lane highway that was my test ground and my play ground,so next I started seeing what this drafting stuff was all about,because a lot of times trucks would be pulling off the highway and I had the long flats in front of me so I started drafting everything mostly tracter trailers I start at a moderate speed and throttle position till I got good at staying in behind the car for as long as I could and not hit it,till I got timing down giving it more gas to shoot me out of the broken thin air left from the vehicle in front of me,I will never forget the first time I got my timing right and and hit full throttle and stayed in the draft for as long as I could as I was pulling out half way the engine revs went like 1500rpm higher and shot me down the road like a cannon,it was like u got hit from behind,I think I went from 70 mph to 90 mph in two seconds,ok I said to myself this drafting shit is real as it gets,then I started practicing side drafting learning the right time to pull away from the vehicle next to u that's just ahead it don't have the same blast of speed but u can get buy if u do it at the right time,if u wait to long u loose the side draft effect...it actually shakes the vehicle to the side of u when ur breaking free back into your own air....thanks be safe arrive alive

Junior Johnson discovers fossil fuel 😂

junior might have discovered the draft but i think dale earnhardt had perfected it because it seems he could allmost see the air going over the cars

the problem with moon shine,and blue eyes,they dont know when they are lying .

total bullshit, Bobby Johns was 7 seconds ahead of Jr when the back glass came out they werent even on the same straight away. If the back glass had not come out Bobby Johns would have won

never happened that way, Bobby Johns was 7 seconds ahead of Jr Johnson when the back glass came out of his car. Jr had nothing to do with the glass coming out

RIP