President Barack Obama welcomed six-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson to the White House, and Obama compared Johnson to another six-time champ from his adopted hometown of Chicago. "But today I can't really say anything because Jimmie Johnson pretty much is the Michael Jordan of NASCAR. President Obama went on to call Johnson "the best there ever was." He extended the Jordan comparison by saying, "these days we've got a lot of kids across the country who want to be like Jimmie. He won his Six Pack faster than anybody in NASCAR history.
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