Seven-Time NASCAR Champion Jimmie Johnson: Fear, Family, and the Drive to Keep Racing
In Depth With Graham BensingerShow Notes
Seven-time NASCAR Series Cup champion Jimmie Johnson invites Graham to an IndyCar race in California and to his personal warehouse of memorabilia in Charlotte for an In Depth conversation. The elite race car driver candidly talks of “the grind” that led to his 2020 exit from NASCAR, his thoughts on how to help save the struggling sport and a Formula 1 test drive that fueled his pivot into IndyCar racing.
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