NASCAR Champ Breaks Wrist...in Golf Cart Accident

Jimmy Johnson is still celebrating his first NASCAR Nextel Cup Championship and was at a charity golf outing when he received his worst injury of the year:

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Nextel Cup champion Jimmie Johnson broke his left wrist when he fell off a golf cart during a celebrity tournament, his team said Sunday.

The injury occurred Friday at a tournament in Lecanto, Fla., and will prevent him from driving for at least four weeks. The injury was to his non-shifting hand, and he should be able to participate in preseason testing at Daytona International Speedway next month.

"I was in a golf cart and the driver took a sharp turn," Johnson said in a statement. "I wasn't holding on tight enough, landed awkwardly on the ground and heard a little pop. It was a fluke deal, but fortunately we're in the offseason and I don't plan to miss any additional time."

The Citrus County Chronicle reported that Johnson was laying on the roof of the cart when he fell.

Here's a guy who spent the entire year driving a high speed race car, sometimes as fast as 200+ miles per hour, while surrounded by 42 other guys trying to beat him, and despite several accidents, finished the season without any serious injuries. However, give him a 15 mph golf cart and he falls off of it and breaks his wrist. Go figure.

P.S. Jimmy - ride IN the cart, not ON it.