Robert Glenn Johnson, Jr. (born June 28, 1931), better known as
Junior Johnson, is a former
NASCAR driver of the 1950s and 1960s. 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 now produces a line of
fried pork skins and
country ham. He is credited as the first to use the
drafting technique in stock car racing. He is nicknamed "The Last American Hero" and his autobiography is of the same name. In May 2007, Johnson teamed with Piedmont Distillers of Madison, North Carolina, to introduce the company's second moonshine product, called "Midnight Moon Moonshine".