Jimmie Johnson is giving Donovan McNabb the chance to change his mind. Two-and-a-half weeks after McNabb said on “FOX Sports Live” that Johnson was not an athlete, Johnson said they’ve talked and he might get McNabb in a car next year. Johnson and McNabb, a former NFL quarterback, talked on the phone Monday.
“He’d been trying to track me down,” Johnson told Motor Racing Network on Tuesday after an appearance at the annual NASCAR Motorsports Marketing Forum. It was McNabb.
“I met Donovan a few years ago at a Super Bowl event. He’s a super-nice guy,” Johnson said.
“He has an opinion, and he seemed open to the notion of following through on the opinion and what our sport is about. We joked about it. Hopefully, we can get something set up in the spring and get him in a car.”
McNabb upset many NASCAR fans and some competitors when he said Johnson was not an athlete.
