Like the Man Himself, Jimmie Johnson’s Texas Win Was More Substance Than Style

Jimmie Johnson is an owner’s dream, a darling of corporate America and a man who drives many working-class fans stark, raving mad. After laying waste to the field in Saturday night’s Duck Commander 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, the six-time Sprint Cup champion climbed out of his car and said he wanted to give “a shoutout to all the pros who shop at Lowe’s and to the folks at Lowe’s Pro Services.” Then Johnson recited other sponsors, ad nauseum, and in this moment of nationally televised recognition (i.e., free advertising), he made hardly any notable reference to what actually happened in the Texas Motor Speedway race, the season’s seventh and the second won by the dominant driver, but not anywhere ...

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