NASCAR driver reaches out to family hurt in accident (The Charlotte Observer)

BOB VON STERNBERG Minneapolis Star-Tribune When NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson heard that a fan from Rush City, Minn., and his son had to jump off a freeway overpass last week to save their lives, he decided to try to cheer them up. So a letter and autographed memorabilia are on their way to Mark Johnston and his 14-year-old son, Matthew. "Jimmie wanted to try a nice gesture, to reach out with something that would pick up their spirits," John Lewensten, Johnson's vice president for operations, said ...