Sadness Won't Stall Johnson; Hendrick Motorsports Plane Crashed a Year Ago

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - It will be difficult for Jimmie Johnson to focus on racing this weekend, to not allow his mind to wander to the friends he lost one year ago.

When he drives through tiny Martinsville, Va., on his way to the race track, he and his teammates won't be able to avoid seeing the mountain that a Hendrick Motorsports plane slammed into last October, killing all 10 people on board.

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Sadness Won't Stall Johnson; Hendrick Motorsports Plane Crashed a Year Ago

But Johnson is in the thick of a championship chase, and knows everyone on that plane would expect nothing less than for him to give it his all Sunday in pursuit of the Nextel Cup title.

Johnson knows ...

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