
The couple moved to Las Vegas after graduation in 1996, and have resided there ever since. The number 814, representing their anniversary, was later used as the couple's team number at rock crawling competitions.

Nicole is a convert to the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Construction management in 1996.Īt age 19, she married Frank Ralph Johnson on Augin Los Angeles, CA. She was often around cars and learned mechanics from her dad, who had her driving a go-kart powered by a Briggs and Stratton lawn mower engine when she was five years old.

Born Nicole Michelle Jardin on Januin Oxnard, CA to parents Thomas and Georgia who divorced when she was young, Nicole spent weekends and summers in Hawaii with her father, who was a diesel mechanic by trade.
