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Johnson, Hamm Paint Pit Wall Pink
- Updated: September 28, 2016
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NASCAR superstar Jimmie Johnson and soccer legend Mia Hamm joined forces with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina and hundreds of the world’s bravest and strongest women who have battled breast cancer to kick off Breast Cancer Awareness Month early by painting pit wall pink on Wednesday at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
The ceremonial event saluted those whose lives have been impacted by breast cancer and provided a fun morning for hundreds of survivors, who met Johnson and Hamm in the winner’s circle, used 40 gallons of paint to turn the pit wall pink and unveiled a pink Toyota Camry pace car that will lead the NASCAR XFINITY Series field in the Drive for the Cure 300 presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina on Oct. 7 at Charlotte’s iconic 1.5-mile superspeedway.
“The NASCAR industry takes great pride in the month of October,” said Johnson, a Blue Cross and Blue Shield brand ambassador for more than a decade. “It’s a pleasure to be here and I’m honored to be a part of this. It’s great that the NASCAR …
