MY NEXT GUEST JUST WON HIS SEVENTH SPRINT CUP CHAMPIONSHIP,
MAKING HIM TIED FOR THE MOST CHAMPIONSHIPS IN NASCAR HISTORY.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE WELCOME THE 2016 NASCAR SPRINT
CUP SERIES CHAMPION, JIMMIE JOHNSON!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪
CONGRATULATIONS, MAN!
THERE YOU GO.
HEY, HEY!
CAN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT THING RIGHT THERE?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: THAT IS -- OH, MY LORD!
THAT IS -- THIS WOULD MAKE A GREAT MURDER WEAPON.
NO ONE WOULD EVER SUSPECT.
IT'S GOT A LOT OF SHARP EDGES OR A GREAT THING TO HOLD YOUR
NAMEOS.
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: PUT IT OVER THERE.
IT WOULD BE LIKE GETTING RID OF CONFESSION.
CONGRATULATIONS.
I'VE GOT THE MOMENT WHERE YOU FINISHED THE LINE, CELEBRATING
WITH YOUR FRIENDS.
OKAY.
THAT IS THE MOST -- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
DID THAT HURT?
>> AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IF YOU ZOOM IN, THE PAIN HASN'T HIT ME
YET.
I'M STILL SMILING AND SCREAMING AND THE NEXT FRAME I'M JUST IN
UTTER MISERY.
>> Stephen: WHAT GETS ME IS I THINK THERE IS MORE GATORADE
HERE THAN COULD POSSIBLY FIT IN THE TUB.
IS THE BACK OF THIS TUB CONNECTED TO NARNIA OR
SOMETHING?
( LAUGHTER ) CONGRATULATIONS YOU JOINED
RICHARD PETTY AND DALE EARNHARDT AS THE SEVEN-TIMERS CLUB.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU?
>> ETH MEANS SO MUCH TO TIE WITH THE GREAT ICONS OF OUR SPORT.
HOPEFULLY I CAN LEAVE MY OWN MARK IN THE SPORT AS THEY DID.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE 41 RIGHT NOW.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: GOT A LITTLE SNOW ON THE CHIN.
>> COMING IN SLOWLY.
>> Stephen: TONY STUART'S LAST RACE AND HE'S 45.
>> 45.
>> Stephen: HOW LONG CAN YOU DRIVE?
WHAT'S THE CAREER LIKE?
IN SOME SPORTS YOU'RE DONE BY 41.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S THE TOP RANGE?
>> I THINK MARK MARTEN WENT THE DEEPEST AT 52, 54, SOMEWHERE IN
THERE.
I CAN GET TO 45, I THINK.
>> Stephen: I HAVE SAT IN A NASCAR CAR, BUT I'VE NEVER --
THE WHEELS HAVE NEVER EVEN ROLLED ONE FULL REVOLUTION WITH
ME IN IT.
>> WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT.
>> Stephen: I KNOW.
IT WOULD BE NICE.
THE DOCTORS SAY I'VE GOT A CONDITION CALLED A COWARD
( LAUGHTER ) >> CLINICAL TERM.
>> Stephen: AND I'VE RIDDEN WITH THE THUNDER BIRDS BUT
AFRAID TO GET IN A NASCAR.
>> I HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE THUNDER BIRDS.
>> Stephen: DON'T DO IT.
THAT'S WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM EVERYBODY.
>> Stephen: IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN COMPARE IT TO?
>> WE WERE ALL KIDS ONCE AND HAD OUR LICENSE AND STOOD ON THE GAS
AND RACED AROUND.
IT'S IN THAT SAME VEIN AND THAT'S WHERE I STARTED.
GRANTED, IT WAS A LOT SAFER THAN WHAT I WAS DOING ON THE STREETS
AS A KID.
YOU'RE ON A TRACK, YOU HAVE WALLS, EVERYBODY'S GOING THE
SAME DIRECTION, AN AMBULANCE IS NEARBY.
PRETTY TAME, HONESTLY.
>> Stephen: CARL EDWARDS, IT WAS HIS RACE TO LOSE BEFORE HE
CRASHED WITH TEN TO GO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WHAT THE IT LIKE WHEN YOU'RE IN A CRASH, LIKE BEING IN AN
INDUSTRIAL DRIER WITH FLUORESCENT BULBS THROWN IN WITH
YOU?
( LAUGHTER ) ARE YOU ORIENTED AT ALL WHEN
THAT'S HAPPENING?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AS THE CRASH STARTS, WE'RE GOING ON THE BRAKES, SOME CASES YOU
NEED TO BE ON THE GAS TO TRY TO SPIN OUT OF THE WAY, WORKING THE
STEERING WHEEL, TRYING TO IM-- LIMIT THE IMPACT OF WHAT'S GOING
ON.
FOR US, THERE IS A LOT OF NOISE IN A CRASH, BUT WHEN YOU HIT
HARD, YOU JUST TAKE A LITTLE NAP, YOU WAKE UP AND YOU'RE
OKAY.
>> Stephen: CAN'T BE TOO UPSET, YOU DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT
TO 52.
>> THAT'S IT.
>> Stephen: ALSO, YOU'RE AN ATHLETE WITH THE CAR BUT ALSO
YOUR FOOT.
YOU DO TRIATHLONS.
>> THE PAIN IN TRIATHLON VERSUS A CAR, MAKES DRIVING A RACE CAR
MUCH EASIER.
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE TO BE IN SHAPE TO DRIVE A RACE CAR?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: DOESN'T THE CAR PROVIDE THE MUSCLE?
>> TRUE, BUT IT'S 120 DEGREES INSIDE THE CAR REGARDLESS OF THE
OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE.
>> Stephen: YOU DO A LITTLE HOT OWINGA.
>> NO, I CAN'T SIT STILL SO I DON'T DO YOGA.
I'M VERY DEHYDRATED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE RACE AND THE
CELEBRATING LAST NIGHT SO I NEED TO GET BACK ON THAT PROGRAM.
>> Stephen: WE RACE TO THE TOP OF THE SHOW.
>> I CRAMPED A LITTLE.
>> Stephen: I SAW THE HAND TOUCH THE GRAPEFRUIT A LILT BIT
THERE.
I'M NOT GOING TO ASK FOR INSTANT REPLAY.
YOUR HAND TOUCHED THE GRAPEFRUIT A LITTLE BIT THERE.
ALSO TOUCHED THE ORANGE.
( LAUGHTER ) >> WE'RE GOING TO STOP THERE
WITH THE FRUIT?
THERE'S ONE MORE LEFT.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: OKAY, SO NOW
YOU'RE ONE OF THE ALL-TIME GREATS OF YOUR SPORT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK MAKES YOU GREAT?
>> YOU KNOW, I WAS ASKED THIS EARLIER AND I'VE THOUGHT LONG
AND HARD ABOUT IT, AND REALLY THE BASIS OF BEING A TOP, TOP
NASCAR DRIVER IS BEING GOOD AT COMPLAINING.
>> Stephen: HOW DOES COMPLAINING --
>> ALL I DO IS COMPLAIN ABOUT WHAT MY CAR WON'T DO AND CAN
SOMEBODY FIX IT.
>> Stephen: YOU JUST COME INTO THE PIT AND SAY, HEY, THAN, THIS
THING WON'T EVEN GO FASTER.
>> I CAN SIT IN THE CAR AND PUSH THE BUTTON, TALK TO THE CREW,
YELL AT THEM ABOUT HOW BAD THE CAR IS AND HOPE THEY CAN DREAM
UP SOMETHING TO FIX IT.
GREATEST JOB IN THE WORLD.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: IF YOU'RE DOING
180, IF YOU'RE OUT IN THE FRONT AND KNOW YOU HAVE THE REST OF
THE FIELD DUSTT EVEN AT 180, DOES YOUR MIND WANDER, LIKE, I
GOT TO PICK UP SOME EGGS AND BREAD?
( LAUGHTER ) DO YOU EVER START WHISTLING A
TAYLOR SWIFT SONG OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
>> THE TAYLOR SWIFT SONG'S BEEN STUCK IN MY HEAD.
I HAVE A SIX-YEAR-OLD.
WE WENT TO HER CONCERT.
>> Stephen: DOE DOES TAYLOR KNOW YOU SHOULD BE IN THE SQUAD.
>> WHAT'S THAT?
>> Stephen: THE GIRL'S SQUAD.
DOESN'T SOUND GOOD.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT.
THIS MY DAUGHTER CAN BE.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
WE'LL WORK IT OUT.
I THINK SHE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU UP THERE.
JIMMIE, LOVELY TO MEET YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK.
2016 NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES CHAMPION SEVEN-TIMER JIMMIE
JOHNSON.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH JOHN WATERS!