Jimmie Johnson finally won his first-ever ESPY award last Wednesday when he was voted as “the Best Driver,” beating out fellow race car drivers, Dario Franchitti, Kyle Busch, Tony Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton, and Scott Dixon for the honors. Johnson has won back-to-back NASCAR Sprint Cup championships in 2006 & 2007 en route to winning the award, and compiled a very impressive 10 wins over the course of the 2007 season. Congratulations to Jimmie on this outstanding achievement!

Kyle Busch lost out to Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings for best breakout athlete of the year, and Jamie McMurray’s win over Busch at the 2007 Pepsi 400 at Daytona was beaten out by Western Kentucky’s victory over Drake in the NCAA Tournament for best finish. The ESPY Awards Ceremony took place last Wednesday evening, but the show did not air until this past Sunday.

Complete List of 2008 ESPY Winners.

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