Jimmie Johnson ’sprawled across top of cart’ when he was thrown off
Quote selected text Published December 12th, 2006 in NASCAR News
Jimmie Johnson was “horsing around” on top of a moving golf cart when he fell off and broke his left wrist, his team told The Associated Press on Monday. The version clarifies what happened during the celebrity tournament in Lecanto, Fla., one day after the initial account from Hendrick Motorsports implied that the Nextel Cup champion had fallen out of the cart. Although Hendrick officials gave no details of the accident, Johnson released a statement that said he was “in” the cart when he fell out.
“I was in a golf cart and the driver took a sharp turn,” Johnson said Sunday. “I wasn’t holding on tight enough, landed awkwardly on the ground and heard a little pop.”
That account differed from one in Monday’s edition of The Citrus County (Fla.) Chronicle, which had a reporter at the Black Diamond Ranch who witnessed Johnson horsing around during the Mike Hampton Pitching In Celebrity tournament.
The newspaper said Johnson was sprawled across the top of the cart Friday as it headed toward the 16th hole when his playing partner hit a berm, throwing Johnson several feet.
Johnson was unavailable for comment Monday, but a spokeswoman for the driver confirmed he was on top of the cart when The AP asked for clarification.
“Jimmie was horsing around and was on top of the golf cart when he fell off,” spokeswoman Kristine Curley said. “He wasn’t trying to deceive anyone and is sorry if anyone believes he was being untruthful.”
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hahahahahahaha!
No worries Jimmie will be ready for speedweek for the start of another awesome season…
hahaha I hate him anyway.. I hope he does really bad in 07′
Too bad that cheater Chad Knaus wasn’t with him - he could
have made out like it was his fault and no one would be
laughing at Jimmie.
Which, by the way, ha ha. And a double ha ha.
Jimmie Johnson is just a lying piece of SH*T! You may have won the Championship but you’re still a loser!
I LOVE JIMMIE FEEL BETTER!!!!!!!!!!
Even though im not a johnson fan, you guys are F**ked up. You know if it was your driver you would be all pissed off if someone was saying ha ha ha to him. So back off!
They’ll just replace this injured and damaged Jimmie Johnson robot with another one. I really think he is some sort of Nascar experiement, like Frankenstein. They probably staged this so they could program some new software into him.