Junior Johnson - Men Behind The Wrenches

From the old Speed channel, Jeff Hammond hosts this documentary on legendary NASCAR driver, crew chief and car owner Junior Johnson.

[@adamUDavies]

He definitely lived a full life , and helped Nascar to what it used to be. Speedvision was so much better than the BS coverage that is now half-ass covering it. And the announcer's trying so hard to sell their crap . Thank you Junior Johnson for your time. May you RIP.

[@moss8448]

amen

[@americanaxetoolco2076]

Junior and my Dad and I were out to supper years back when Jeff Hammond was his crew chief! Jeff was over putting the moves on this girl best he could! Junior looked over and said” he better not get into that , he won’t be worth a damn tomorrow for the race! LOL! I’m going to miss Junior! Hell of a man!

[@moss8448]

that is funny

[@americanaxetoolco2076]

Sam Moss it’s a memory I’ll never forget!

[@fordenginebuildersv8power184]

I remember that! It was at the Holiday Inn when we was all at Michigan! Lol

[@Machi74005]

Someone recently said in an interview.......if Nascar had its own Mt. Rushmore, Junior would be on it front and center.

[@ryanstuckey8677]

with the king pearson and dale

[@johnobrien9718]

Jr, Ralph E, Lee P, Fireball, Bud M should be immortalized before Dale Sr, the King, ect... imo!

[@KK-ex5zu]

RIP Junior Johnson, you were the greatest all around at making NASCAR what it later became!

[@douglasposey24]

And then Brian France destroyed it

[@eddiebenson2777]

@@douglasposey24 He wanted to hob knob with the Wimbleton crowd while he held his little finger out to drink his Champagne! A REAL DUD!

[@zone47]

He was blessed to see the best years in NASCAR and was so instrumental in shaping things to reach the pinnacle of the sport.

[@MrGTO-ze7vb]

RIP Junior...!! a true American racer with a fantastic history of moonshining

[@georgekunkel5819]

One of my greatest highlights going to NASCAR races was being able to meet Junior Johnson, and get his autograph on his very own moonshine, which he offered me.

[@naturewisdom677]

A true American badass. Junior Johnson 🏁

[@royhoco5748]

during the early days of racing there were many great men who built and raced cars but Junior was above them all.

[@mikejohnson5491]

I was able to meet Jr Johnson, a friend I got to know in HS. His dad was a friend of Jr and I would go up to see him on Sunday afternoon. My dad had a dairy farm and his dad had 2 chicken houses. I had Sun afternoon off so would go up to see him and he would have to pick up eggs so I would help. One afternoon his dad said he was going to Jr's shop and asked if we wanted to go. Nice guy let us look around anywhere in the shop and he told us the beer was free if we wanted some. Then he asked my friends dad if it was ok.

[@lolbr3720]

Thank you Jr. You made racing better...

[@kramnull8962]

Little stated fact. Junior as a car owner won 119 races in 10 years.

[@jeremythompson9122]

That's like 12 races a year on average. That's a big number. How many drivers did Junior have at a time out there?

[@jodypaul2695]

Cale is THE man. My favorite driver.

[@jeremythompson9895]

Junior Johnson at the 1960 Daytona 500 was probably the greatest piece of driving in NASCAR history. He managed to win the race despite his 59 Chevy being 10 mph slower than most of the Pontiacs there. Junior was a master strategist on the race track

[@johnlaws8764]

He was the first to discover drafting, that's how he won that race with a slower car.

[@lindaowens2657]

The best car builder in history.

[@jeremythompson9895]

Junior Johnson is one of my all time favorite drivers. Always liked Ned Jarrett too and Dale Jarrett later on. NASCAR is nowhere near as great as it once was, just like every single other aspect of society in America

[@dougauzene8389]

@GeneSun Pffft...Spoken like a Goddamn Millenial....WERE YOU THERE 20 YEARS AGO?

[@slabbusterrtr7690]

Nope 80s and 90s was the golden time for racing

[@TC-dw6wg]

Yes sir, America was great and now it’s gone to shit unfortunately. 2022

[@carlsands4060]

Got to see him race at old bridge New Jersey and Bristol Tennessee in the 1960s

[@dewightkey6975]

Jr is the best

[@K-Effect]

10:06 “Get out the way you nosy Fu

[@TC-dw6wg]

Sorry, but what is it with the loud background (foreground) damn music! My God it was hard to hear Junior with all that noise. Great man Junior was and did tremendous things for nascar. We need more people like him today…2022 as NASCAR is a freaking disaster.

[@edmondcamp2878]

Junior understood Cale and Cale and understood Junior probably the greatest combination to in NASCAR history.

[@J.B24]

That's a big ol house.

[@maxpuppy96]

What you do to a pain in the ass Nascar official 10:05

[@allencollins6031]

Ty

[@dougauzene8389]

Junior Johnson > Jimmie Johnson + Jeff Gordon....NUFF SAID!

[@robertmeyer6585]

Hard to understand them with the music!

[@droldsw31]

That's what the Closed captions are for.

[@robertrobinson9920]

I don't want to fucking read it it's called TV not a book.

[@user-bn5wf3ts4l]

If it wasn’t for Jr Johnson and driver car owners like him from the past, we wouldn’t know just how screwed up the sport is today!

[@im4inxs752]

CUT THE MUSIC PLEASE

[@moss8448]

really wish the people that put these together would lose the music...

[@HODIUSDUDE]

Me too. Aside from the cheese factor it creates ads on the video because the music is monetized by the copyright owner. The only sound effect any good racing video needs is the song of the engines.

[@moss8448]

amen

[@edwardmartinez199]

HODIUSDUDE Crapola!

[@edwardmartinez199]

Sam Moss dummy

[@moss8448]

@Edward Martinez you're the dummy my friend

[@ITSGLENN83]

LMFAO @10:05

[@adamUDavies]

Never seen or heard anyone talk so fast 😂

[@carminesilverado]

Tarz boys it;s all about Tarz / if you can't win with that thang don't brang me back nothen but the stur'en wheel , Jr invented racing oh yea jackman rubes too

[@jeffcarpenter396]

Don't blame for how nascar is now it has derived so far from its roots but it is amazing how money can change some country boys barely about to talk into classy talking buissness men at least we still have drag racing

[@phillipgregory9021]

great vid!!!!...background music terrible and too loud!

[@dockey6942]

Turn the music down I want to hear jr

[@davidhoule4332]

Great story,music too loud

[@giff427dg]

The racing sucks now

[@maxpuppy96]

it does

[@williamboardman9476]

Give Ray Fox 2 weeks...figure out the DRAFT... lead at the end=DAYTONA 500 win.

[@jeremythompson9122]

The 389 Pontiac Catalina's were the fastest cars in NASCAR back then I believe. The Chevy's really weren't that competitive until the 409 came out late in 61 and those 427 mystery engines came out in 63 I believe...just in time for GM's racing ban. Awesome piece of driving by Junior to win that one with the car he had. The 348 was more of a truck engine but they did have some different versions of it with 3 x 2 bbl carbs that were good performers on the street but multiple carbs were banned by NASCAR in 57

[@gregbrown9354]

I wanted to watch this but the music was driving me insane. I had to turn it off.

[@jerryshepherd1645]

If Nascar want to save Nascar they need to put Jhonson and Tony Stewart in charge of Nascar tomorrow at what ever coast.

[@kipcoulter9302]

WHAT AAAAAAAA AAAAAAA MARVELOUS MARVELOUS MARVELOUS MARVEL MARVEL MARVEL MARVEL MARVEL MARVEL MARVEL MARVEL GREAT GREAT GREAT MAN

[@drivin379]

Hope his mtn shine was better than his store shine now because his legal shine ain't worth a shit compared to real shine. I mean one shot of his store shine I gave it to a friend I was so nasty

[@moss8448]

have yet to hear anyone say....'oh yeah ... we got along like peas in a pod.' wanting to win ... racin' is...every other man for himself.

[@tommyrutledge4654]

I think nascar sort of picked on him till he just left. I think they were trying to get more sophisticated. Too bad because he was nascar in my mind!!

[@Ricobaca]

Wendell Scott never went to prison. 😑

[@stevetaylor1520]

He never won more than 1 premier series race, either.

[@dewightkey6975]

Can't here Jr music to load f

[@josephbevacqua9217]

What is this

[@ducedevlstear2471]

What, this one ? Ah, nothing mate. Don't worry about it.

[@dougauzene8389]

You Must Be A Jimmie Johnson Fan...Run Along, Boy...

[@johnbrewer4585]

Back when racing was racing. Not the political B.S that it has become. I don't watch NASCAR anymore, which saddens me

[@TC-dw6wg]

I hear ya as I don’t watch football anymore for same reason.

[@jasonvogue4487]

Adds are really Irritating

[@cbarnes2573]

Couldn't get past the terrible, loud music. Why would anyone play music over interviews.

[@slabbusterrtr7690]

Racing is awful now cookie cutter cars rich kids never turned a wrench in there lives most of them anyways 80s and 90s was the golden area

[@eddiebenson2777]

Need to LOSE that irritating stupid music!