Jeff Gordon brought Jimmie Johnson into Nascar in 2002 and in 2008 he tied Cale Yarbourgh and then won a 4th and 5th championship. He did something that not even Richard Petty, David Pearson, Darrell Waltrip, Dale Earnhardt, or even Jeff Gordon could never do tie Cale Yarbourgh's record of three straight championships. Jimmie Johnson if officially perhaps Nascar's greatest driver of all time because a driver winning 5 straight championships might never ever happen again.