Jimmie Johnson has won the NASCAR Sprint Cup final, becoming the third man to clinch seven series championships in the pinnacle of American stock car racing.
Johnson dominated NASCAR from 2006 until 2010 with a record five consecutive championships in the season-long points competition.
He added a sixth title in 2013 and three years later at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday finally joined the legendary Richard Petty and late Dale Earnhardt as seven-time winners of the Cup.
It has been a journey almost four decades in the making for the California-born 41-year-old who began riding a motor bike before reaching school age and showed talent at most physical pursuits he engaged in.
The victory was his 80th in 543 races and no doubt his most coveted.
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