Jimmie Johnson Heroes Recognized in New England

By:
On:
In: NASCAR Cup Series News

“There goes my hero. Watch him as he goes. There goes my hero. He’s ordinary.”The lyrics to the Foo Fighters song “My Hero” fit the people who will be recognized at this weekend’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon. Those heroes aren’t the ones driving racecars. They are the people who risk their lives every day when called upon to help when a disaster or emergency occurs. They are our country’s first responders.

The NASCAR community comes together this weekend to host those in the New England area who were first on the scene when called upon last April during the Boston Marathon bombing. Jimmie Johnson met several of the survivors from that day at a special luncheon two weeks ago that included bombing survivors and several other champions from Boston’s famed sports teams. At the luncheon, Johnson noted that, in tough times, sports often serve as a diversion, something to take our minds off of our day-to-day problems.

The five-time champion and the rest of the NASCAR circuit will serve as that diversion this weekend when they travel to New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Johnson has three wins at the mile oval, his most recent coming in the July race in 2010. He also is coming off an historic sweep of the season’s Sprint Cup events at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway and is also leading the driver point standings. His four wins this season currently make him the top seed for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Matt Kenseth also has four wins but Johnson wins the tiebreaker with a next-best finish of second to Kenseth’s next-best finish of sixth.

So while Johnson tries to be a hero on the racetrack, attempting to make it to victory lane two consecutive weeks, the sport remembers and honors those who are the real heroes – ordinary people who do extraordinary things when disaster strikes.

TSC PR

Speedway Digest Staff
Follow Me
Latest posts by Speedway Digest Staff (see all)
Post Views: 48