Two years later, the couple had a daughter, Meredith. Although a lifelong Democrat, Johnson was pardoned by Reagan. He won 50 NASCAR races in his career before retiring in 1966.

In the 1970s and 1980s, he became a NASCAR racing team owner; he sponsored such NASCAR champions as Cale Yarborough and Darrell Waltrip.He produced a line of fried pork skins and country ham. Johnson is survived by wife Lisa, daughter Meredith and son Robert Glenn Johnson III. Robert Glenn Johnson Jr. known as “Junior” to most, a member of the inaugural ... Johnson a Wilkesboro, North Carolina native spent 14 years in the ... wife Lisa, his daughter Meredith and his son Robert Glenn Johnson III. In the 1970s and 1980s, he became a NASCAR racing team owner; he sponsored such NASCAR champions as Cale Yarborough and Darrell Waltrip. Flossie and Junior didn’t have any children, but Robert Glenn Johnson III was born to Lisa and Junior in August 1993. Robert Glenn Johnson, Jr., better known as Junior Johnson is a name that needs little introduction to the racing community. Recommend 0 Tweet 0 The 2,700-square-foot race shop warehouse being sold was recently used to build a car for Junior and Lisa Johnson’s son, Robert Glen Johnson III, in the NASCAR K&N East Series. In his later years, Johnson often said that the pardon in December 1986 was “the greatest thing in my life.” Johnson is survived by wife Lisa, daughter Meredith and son Robert Glenn Johnson III.

He won 50 NASCAR races in his career before retiring in 1966. “The Last American Hero is gone and so leaves a huge dent in NASCAR racing. Robert Glenn Johnson Jr. (June 28, 1931 – December 20, 2019), better known as Junior Johnson, was a NASCAR driver of the 1950s and 1960s.
Robert Glenn Johnson, Jr. (born June 28, 1931), better known as Junior Johnson, is one of the early superstars of NASCAR in the 1950s and 1960s. ... A Rhode Island native, Sarah returns to Kickin' the Tires in 2020 as a … The children are Robert Glenn Johnson III, age 4, and Meredith, who turned 2 last month. So if they could get the brand on the side of the car, Robert Glenn Johnson III would be the third generation in what you could call the moonshine business.


Junior Johnson's son Robert Glenn Johnson III presents his father with a ring during the Inaugural Induction Ceremony at the NASCAR Hall of Fame on May 23, 2010 in Charlotte, North Carolina.