FAMILY GRIEVANCE FOR JIMMIE JOHNSSON WITHDRAWAL TO CHICAGO IN NASCAR
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Back from the Centenary 24 Hours of Le Mans where he drove Team US Hendrick’s Chevrolet Camaro Nascar with Jenson Button and Mike Rockenfeller, Jimmie Johnson will not race Chicago’s first Nascar Cup race on a street circuit after news of a family tragedy involving his wife Chandra.
This year, Johnson raced in the Nascar Cup at the Daytona 500, COTA in Austin, Texas and the Charlotte Round.
Explanation
The in-laws of seven-time Nascar Cup champion Jimmie Johnson have been found dead in Muskogee, Oklahoma.
The bodies of Jack Janway, 69, his wife Terry Janway, 68, and their grandson Dalton Janway, 11, were discovered Monday, June 26, 2023, at a home in Muskogee, about 80 miles south -east of Tulsa,
Muskogee police spokeswoman Lynn Hamlin said that police responded to a 911 call following gunshots.
When police arrived on the scene, they found a person near the front door, then heard a gunshot coming from inside the house, where officers later found two other people dead.
Police said investigators who quickly arrived at the scene believe that Terry Janway shot and killed her husband and grandson before shooting himself in the head.
Lynn Hamlin has confirmed the identity of the dead, the parents and the nephew of Johnson’s wife, Chandra Janway.
Immediately warned and warned, Jimmie Johnson’s Legacy Motor Club team said it was retiring its number 84 Chevrolet Carvana from the Nascar Cuo race this weekend in Chicago.
Dexson quotes Nascar Cup executives released a statement explaining:
» We are saddened by the tragic death of members of Chandra Johnson’s family. The entire Nascar family offers their full support and deepest condolences at this difficult time to Chandra, Jimmie and the entire Johnson and Janway families. »
Peter GRISWOLD
Photos: NASCAR and Thierry COULIBALY
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