{"id":2452741,"date":"2019-12-30T20:16:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T03:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/ferreira-jimmie-johnson-win-first-ajax-cup-championship\/"},"modified":"2019-12-30T20:16:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T03:16:00","slug":"alex-ferreira-jimmie-johnson-win-first-ajax-cup-championship-on-final-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/photos\/alex-ferreira-jimmie-johnson-win-first-ajax-cup-championship-on-final-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Ferreira, Jimmie Johnson win first Ajax Cup championship on final race"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.6372706791117\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-318444-290\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/12\/ajaxcup-atd-123119-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/12\/ajaxcup-atd-123119-1-1024x768.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times | Aspen Olympian Alex Ferreira, left, and NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson celebrate after Ferreira clinched the Audi Ajax Cup championship for Johnson's team on Monday, Dec. 30, 2019, at Aspen Mountain. 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(Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/12\/ajaxcup-atd-123119-1-11-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/12\/ajaxcup-atd-123119-1-11-1024x768.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times | A skier competes in the Audi Ajax Cup on Monday, Dec. 30, 2019, at Aspen Mountain. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10.396341463415\">\n<p><strong>A skier competes in the Audi Ajax Cup on Monday, Dec. 30, 2019, at Aspen Mountain. 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(Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/12\/ajaxcup-atd-123119-1-12-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/12\/ajaxcup-atd-123119-1-12-1024x768.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times | A skier prepares to compete in the Audi Ajax Cup on Monday, Dec. 30, 2019, at Aspen Mountain. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10.434285714286\">\n<p><strong>A skier prepares to compete in the Audi Ajax Cup on Monday, Dec. 30, 2019, at Aspen Mountain. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times<br \/><a class=\"buy-link\" href=\"http:\/\/aspentimes.mycapture.com\/mycapture\/remoteimage.asp?backtext=Return+to+AspenTimes.com&amp;backurl=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/ferreira-jimmie-johnson-win-first-ajax-cup-championship\/&amp;image=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/12\/ajaxcup-atd-123119-1-12-1024x768.jpg&amp;notes=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/12\/ajaxcup-atd-123119-1-12-1024x768.jpg\"><i class=\"fas fa-shopping-cart\"><\/i> Buy Photo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/12\/ajaxcup-atd-123119-1-12-1024x768.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"A skier prepares to compete in the Audi Ajax Cup on Monday, Dec. 30, 2019, at Aspen Mountain. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/12\/ajaxcup-atd-123119-1-13-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/12\/ajaxcup-atd-123119-1-13-1024x732.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times | The Audi Ajax Cup on Monday, Dec. 30, 2019, at Aspen Mountain. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10.3125\">\n<p><strong>The Audi Ajax Cup on Monday, Dec. 30, 2019, at Aspen Mountain. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times<br \/><a class=\"buy-link\" href=\"http:\/\/aspentimes.mycapture.com\/mycapture\/remoteimage.asp?backtext=Return+to+AspenTimes.com&amp;backurl=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/ferreira-jimmie-johnson-win-first-ajax-cup-championship\/&amp;image=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/12\/ajaxcup-atd-123119-1-13-1024x732.jpg&amp;notes=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/12\/ajaxcup-atd-123119-1-13-1024x732.jpg\"><i class=\"fas fa-shopping-cart\"><\/i> Buy Photo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/12\/ajaxcup-atd-123119-1-13-1024x732.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"The Audi Ajax Cup on Monday, Dec. 30, 2019, at Aspen Mountain. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/12\/ajaxcup-atd-123119-1-14-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/12\/ajaxcup-atd-123119-1-14-1024x768.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times | NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson, left, is interviewed by Chris Davenport after winning the Audi Ajax Cup on Monday, Dec. 30, 2019, at Aspen Mountain. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1.4407894736842\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"13.447368421053\">\n<p><strong>NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson, left, is interviewed by Chris Davenport after winning the Audi Ajax Cup on Monday, Dec. 30, 2019, at Aspen Mountain. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times<br \/><a class=\"buy-link\" href=\"http:\/\/aspentimes.mycapture.com\/mycapture\/remoteimage.asp?backtext=Return+to+AspenTimes.com&amp;backurl=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/ferreira-jimmie-johnson-win-first-ajax-cup-championship\/&amp;image=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/12\/ajaxcup-atd-123119-1-14-1024x768.jpg&amp;notes=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/12\/ajaxcup-atd-123119-1-14-1024x768.jpg\"><i class=\"fas fa-shopping-cart\"><\/i> Buy Photo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/12\/ajaxcup-atd-123119-1-14-1024x768.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson, left, is interviewed by Chris Davenport after winning the Audi Ajax Cup on Monday, Dec. 30, 2019, at Aspen Mountain. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/ferreira-jimmie-johnson-win-first-ajax-cup-championship\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/ferreira-jimmie-johnson-win-first-ajax-cup-championship\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText DropCap\">Jimmie Johnson has been chasing a record eighth NASCAR championship for a few years. Now, thanks in large part to Aspen Olympian Alex Ferreira, he can pretty much call it a career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Johnson, a part-time Aspen resident who is without question one of the greatest drivers of all time, got the biggest win of his amateur skiing career Monday when his team, the \u201cWest Side Hillbillies,\u201d won the 10th annual Audi Ajax Cup on Aspen Mountain. Ferreira, the team\u2019s pro, won the Gorsuch Cup on the final race of the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI did not expect to win anything this morning and we ended up winning the Ajax Cup and it\u2019s really awesome,\u201d Ferreira said. \u201cTo partner with Jimmie was absolutely fantastic. He is a wonderful human being and he is very much a part of this community by doing this event. He just wants to give back, and so do I, so I think just that energy, maybe that was the missing piece to the puzzle for us to win it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The Ajax Cup is the largest fundraiser for the Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club. The event raised $800,000 for the club a year ago and there was hope of pushing for $1 million this winter. The money helps support the roughly 2,400 athletes who take part in AVSC programming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Ferreira himself grew up in the club, and Johnson\u2019s own daughters have spent time on snow with AVSC, as well. In fact, Johnson\u2019s oldest daughter, 9-year-old Evie, was part of the Ajax Cup team again this season and had to win a couple of races in finals to get the team to victory lane. Johnson\u2019s West Side Hillbillies had twice been the Ajax Cup runner-up, but had never won before Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cShe did great. Every year it gets a little better, but something happened three or four days ago where she really found her edges and she\u2019s been flying ever since,\u201d Johnson said of Evie. \u201cBut then to see Alex, it was all on his shoulders at the end. For Alex to pull it off, and for the AVSC, it\u2019s so cool.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The Ajax Cup began with 16 teams of six skiers, each with a professional of which most were randomly assigned, competing in a dual giant slalom format set of races. Ferreira, who is a halfpipe skier by trade and has essentially no background in ski racing, was taking part in the Ajax Cup for only the second time. He was randomly paired with Johnson\u2019s group during the team draw Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Racing began early Monday morning, the field being whittled down to just two teams for the finals: the West Side Hillbillies and Alpine Bank, led by pro skier Nolan Kasper. The champion is simply which team wins more head-to-head races, and it all came down to the final race, Kasper against Ferreira in a winner-take-all situation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI\u2019ll be honest, I was just as nervous as dropping into a pipe comp. I heard the announcers in the background,\u201d Ferreira said. \u201cIt was super tight. I could feel him breathing down my neck, I swear. But I don\u2019t know. Blinders on and gave it my all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Because of the Ajax Cup\u2019s handicapping system designed to level the playing field, Ferreira was given a slight head start and simply had to hold off Kasper down the Little Nell run at the base of Aspen Mountain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Johnson was the first to greet and hug Ferreira after he crossed the finish line in victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cHe can do it all. What a nice and humble, down-to-earth guy,\u201d Johnson said of Ferreira. \u201cWas really cool getting to know him today. I\u2019ve known the name, but to get to know him a little bit more today was special and I look forward to spending more time with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Johnson recently announced the upcoming NASCAR season would be his final as a full-time racer, and his last chance to win that record eighth championship. His seven current titles are tied with Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt Sr. for the most ever. Should he not get to eight, finally winning the Ajax Cup is a decent consolation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cResume builder,\u201d he joked. \u201cIt feels great winning and to have this experience with my daughter and with Adam Lewis, who is on our team and his two sons, to watch our kids work through the challenges of the day, dealing with nervousness, is so special.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Ferreira, who is in the prime of his career, can put the Ajax Cup next to his Olympic silver medal and his X Games gold medal. Ferreira will look to defend that gold medal a month from now at Buttermilk during X Games Aspen 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s right up there. It\u2019s right in the trifecta of things,\u201d Ferreira said of winning the Ajax Cup. \u201cI am super grateful to be on a great team and be giving back to the club. That\u2019s what it\u2019s all about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:acolbert@aspentimes.com\">acolbert@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/ferreira-jimmie-johnson-win-first-ajax-cup-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aspen Olympian Alex Ferreira, left, and NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson celebrate after Ferreira clinched the Audi Ajax Cup championship for Johnson&#8217;s team on Monday, Dec. 30, 2019, at Aspen Mountain. 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