Think fast: What do champs name their babies?
Monday, Feb. 01, 2010
Jimmie Johnson celebrates in Victory Lane with his wife, Chandra, after winning at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway on March 29, 2009. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
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LAS VEGAS - DECEMBER 02: (L-R) Chef Emeril Lagasse, Chandra Johnson and four time NASCAR series Champion Jimmie Johnson attend a NASCAR Evening with Emeril Lagasse at Delmonico Steakhouse in the Venetian Resort Hotel & Casino during day 1 of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champions Week on December 2, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images for NASCAR)
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HOMESTEAD, FL - NOVEMBER 22: Jimmie Johnson (L), driver of the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, poses with his wife Chandra after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship after finishing in fifth place in the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 22, 2009 in Homestead, Florida. Johnson becomes the first driver in the history of NASCAR to win four consecutive championships since the sports inception in 1949.during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 22, 2009 in Homestead, Florida. (Photo by Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR)
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HOMESTEAD, FL - NOVEMBER 22: Jimmie Johnson (R), driver of the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, stands with his wife Chandra on the grid prior to the start of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 22, 2009 in Homestead, Florida. (Photo by Jason Smith/Getty Images for NASCAR)
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Jimmie Johnson (L), driver of the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, stands with his wife Chandra on the grid prior to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 22, 2009 in Bristol, Tennessee. Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR
The top-five names that four-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson and is wife, Chandra, might ponder as they anticipate the birth of their first child this summer:
1. Chase – Time to honor the playoff system that helped make dad what he is today (and pay for those piano lessons, ponies and braces in a few years).
2. Chad – In honor of the uncle/crew chief. Hopefully, the kid will have the sense of humor to one day change his last name to Quatro Ocho.
3. Junior – Instant cred with the nostalgia crowd, and maybe the 88 crew, too.
4. Danica – Search engine nightmare for the Googlers and the Bingers. And what an ice-breaker with the new part-time teammate.
5. Charlotte – As in "Motor Speedway." A nod to one of two tracks where he's won a career-best six times. What, you'd prefer "Martinsville" Johnson?
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