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Jeff [Gordon] doesn't sit down and explain things. We don't sit and have meetings where I'm the student. He really teaches by example. I've learned a lot on and off the racetrack.

Jimmie Johnson

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Jimmie Johnson
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: September 17
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El Cajon
California
Jimmie Kenneth Johnson
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