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Jarit Johnson Driver Diary: Heads Held High, Helping Out & a Cowboy in the House

October 31, 2022September 2, 2010 Amy Henderson

We’ve been working on the racecars this summer. Right now, the cars are just sitting here ready to go. They just need some paint and …

Jarit Johnson Driver Diary: Behind the Scenes, Still Searching & A New Niece

October 12, 2022July 15, 2010 Amy Henderson

It’s not easy or cheap to run a race team. You’ve got all the overhead. The way we raced last year we made ends meet …

Jarit Johnson Driver Diary: Getting Something Started, Expanding & Family Time

October 5, 2022June 24, 2010 Amy Henderson

Joe Nemechek gave me an opportunity to go and run his Nationwide Series car at Nashville. It was locked in the show, so we were …

Jarit Johnson Driver Diary: A Lot to Offer, Shop Dog & Time Flies!

September 14, 2022May 20, 2010 Amy Henderson

Greenville was rough. The car got torn up and we had to cut it from the door tops down and replace the whole body. We …

Jarit Johnson Driver Diary: Kicking Off 2010, 1 Big Project & 2 Easter Egg Hunts

August 16, 2022April 8, 2010 Amy Henderson

We had everything put together for Greenville-Pickens. We pretty much had a new car to go down there with and off the trailer we were …

Jarit Johnson Driver Diary: Gearing Up for 2010 & Family Time

August 13, 2022March 11, 2010 Amy Henderson

Right now, we’re taking care of getting ready for 2010. Over the wintertime, we pulled apart the car we ran at Dover, completely stripped it …

Jarit Johnson Driver Diary: From Building Racecars to Behind the Wheel

August 5, 2022February 3, 2010 Amy Henderson

I started racing motorcycles out in California when I was four years old, and that went on for several years, until Dad decided he wanted Jimmie and me in a roll cage. He wanted it to be safe. So I got into the off-road stuff, and that led into the SCORE off-road series, the desert races.