SONOMA, Calif. -- Jimmie Johnson is one of the more civil drivers when it comes to venting on the team radio.
But in the event he loses his cool, Johnson's two young daughters aren't allowed to listen to the No. 48 team's radio.
"When you’re in the car and you’re mad, you forget that children are listening or maybe even your own children," Johnson said Friday. "My wife has shared with me that she’ll never let our kids listen to me in a race. I said, ‘Really? I’m that bad?’ And she said, ‘When you are bad, you are that bad.' "
Johnson, who has had some infamous back-and-forth arguments with crew chief Chad Knaus over the radio, said the rise of in-car chatter recaps like Fox Sports 1's "Radioactive" mean radio comments can reach more ears than ever.
"I do understand why it’s entertaining, and I cringe every once in awhile when I hear the term 'Radioactive' and wonder what I did the week before and what people were thinking," Johnson said.
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