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Five-time defending NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson surprised cheering students at the Collinswood Language Academy in Charlotte, N.C., with about $46,000 for a playground and basketball court. It’s part of $688,087 in education grants given to 13 schools in three states by Johnson and his sponsor, Lowe’s. Johnson briefly took questions, ranging from one child’s observation that his Sprint Cup trophy “looks like a Formula One trophy” to what driver Tony Stewart is like. Johnson responded with, “Misunderstood, and ornery at times.”
