FOUR TIME CHAMP JIMMIE JOHNSON ON MARK MARTIN

JIMMIE JOHNSON ON MARK MARTIN
“He’s too humble of a man, and doesn’t understand what he’s done in this sport, for this sport, how many young guys have respected what he’s done,” Johnson said. And then he turned and spoke to Martin directly.”You mentioned earlier how we weren’t around each other for me to look at your style and want to drive like you. But coming up through ASA, everybody knew who Mark Martin was. I aspired at that time to have people speak of me as they did you. When I came to race in the Busch Series at the time, you were wearing us all out week in and week out. That was our chance to race against Mark Martin and to learn something from him. So … I’m sure to all of us in this room, you are one of the greatest. We all think the world of you and respect the hell out of you.”