Why Did Jimmie Johnson Leave Desert Racing...

Saw this the other day and thought it was well researched.  I have known the stories about how Jimmie had a bad crash in the Mexican desert and was stranded there for a long time and this experience scared him sufficiently to never race offroad again.

His lack of return to the desert is always viewed as even more of a shock given some of his close friends include longtime desert racers and bikers like Ricky Johnson (no relation).  Often times casual desert racing fans will scoff at Jimmie Johnson and consider him a bit of a wuss for having given up the sport after a single wreck...after all...how many SCORES for wrecks has he been in during his time in NASCAR?  And in offroad racing, whether you crash or not is far more a result of your own doing and responsibility than it is the numbskull's next to you like in NAPCAR...

Regardless, Jimmie never returned to desert racing and here is the story why...

Why JJ never returned to desert racing...