“I Thought It Was Over” – Jimmie Johnson Shares the NASCAR Crash That He Thought Will End His Life

It is no surprise that racing is a high-risk profession. Drivers risk their lives the second they sit in the 200 mph cars and head out for a three-and-a-half-hour race. Therefore, drivers have gotten into some very horrific accidents throughout the years and, fortunately, have also walked away unscratched. A similar thing happened to Jimmie Johnson.

The seven-time Cup Series Champion was also involved in a scary accident. This Happened during the Xfinity race at Watkins Glen International in 2000. The driver posted a tweet recalling the incident.

The crash was scary, without a doubt. However, it makes you question what the driver would be thinking in the car. Fortunately for us, Johnson talked about exactly that in an interview on YouTube.

Fascinatingly, Jimmie felt it was over for him when he labeled it, “The very few times in a racecar I thought it was over.”

The driver then describes one of his scariest crashes, “Brakes went to the floor. I’m bouncing through the grass, and I saw the wall. I thought it was a concrete wall, and thought that was it.”

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It blew even Jimmie Johnson away how he walked out of the car uninjured as he added, “To survive, to be uninjured I was just blown away in the car that I was I was okay when I climbed out of the car.”

How Did The Fans React To Jimmie Johnson’s Crash?

Naturally, a crash this scary would get everyone worried, and the same was the case with Jimmie Johnson’s fans.

He said, “I think the fans in the grandstands right there had a similar line of thought like ‘he’s not here he’s gone’. So, when I started coming out of that car, they were all on their feet jumping up and down. And, I just got caught up in the emotion I was like ‘Yeah I am Alive’ so I found myself on the hood with my arms above my head celebrating too.”

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In the end, it’s incredible how Johnson walked out unharmed. Though, what do you think is the scariest NASCAR crash that a driver has walked out of uninjured?