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FIVE-TIME CHAMPION JIMMIE JOHNSON EXPERIENCES TEXAS-SIZED SENDOFF FROM BYRON NELSON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS • Students Awarded Tickets To AAA Texas 500 And “Mosh Pit” For Pre-Race Festivities FORT WORTH, Texas (Sept. 14, 2011) — It only took him nearly 36 years but five-time and reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson finally experienced the thrill of attending a high school pep rally. More than 1900 students from Byron Nelson High School in Trophy Club provided Johnson with an energetic sendoff before he begins his quest for his sixth consecutive Sprint Cup championship this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway. Johnson was greeted to a true Texas football pep rally complete with the dance team, cheerleaders, band, “blue man” and mascot as part of NASCAR’s “Chase Across America.” Johnson stormed out to the gym floor, breaking through the sign held by the students, with students chanting his name. He addressed the students about the work he has put into becoming one of the greatest drivers in the sport. “The thing that led me through it all and led me to my career path was a passion and desire to follow my dreams,” Johnson said. “There is something in there that is leading you down a certain road for what your career is going to be and the type of person you are going to be in your life. Follow that. It’s easy to win, it’s easy to come out on top, but the moments I learned the most were the tough moments. In those moments, stop and look around a little bit and …
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