"Jimmie was supposed to call my home phone for the interview. My son just adores him -- he has a No. 48 Lowe's Jimmie Johnson bike helmet. I knew that maybe it wouldn't be too cool to ask him to say hi, so I left the phone  by my son while he was playing video games, so he'd pick up when it rang. As it turns out, it did ring while he was sitting by it, but my son doesn't usually answer the phone when it's off the  hook so he didn't realize he had to push a button to turn it on. So it rang and rang. After that, I figured I better pick up next time it rings. When Jimmie called back he was good humored about everything and excited to talk about his foundation -- especially when it comes to helping people in his original stomping grounds of South Carolina. Look for more on that and how you can help when our full story runs on Aug. 17."