Jimmie Johnson's 2007 Chevrolet Impala SS NASCAR race car heads to auction

Johnson won seven NASCAR Cup Series championships during his full-time career with Hendrick Motorsports, tying Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt for most titles in NASCAR's main series. That included a record five-season championship streak between 2006 and 2010.

This car, chassis number 48-461, is part of that history. Wearing the blue and silver Lowe's scheme and number 48 most associated with Johnson, it was driven to victory at Martinsville and Phoenix during the 2007 season. Johnson drove this car seven times from 2007 to 2009, according to the auction listing.

While labelled an Impala SS, this race car's tube-frame chassis and rear-wheel-drive system are quite different from the front-wheel-drive Impala sedan of the time. This generation of Impala road car did at least feature a V-8 in SS guise, giving it a threadbare connection to the NASCAR Impala.

He plans to run a limited schedule in the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series, starting with the Daytona 500, scheduled for Feb. 19. Johnson won't be driving the number 48 car, though, as that number is now being used by Alex Bowman at Johnson's old team, Hendrick Motorsports.

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