The Janway family made the state of Oklahoma their longtime home, as Chandra Janway, actor and wife of racer Jimmie Johnson, grew up there and attended the University of Oklahoma. Unfortunately, the Sooner State was also the site of this family tragedy. The mayor of Muskogee, Oklahoma — where Chandra’s parents lived — Mayor Marlon Coleman spoke to Fox23 on June 27 about the shocking incident and how the now-deceased patriarch Jack Janway was a well-known chiropractor in town.
“It was traumatizing to find out that a long-standing family who had made so many contributions to our community were involved in this type of incident. It was even more bone-chilling to find out there was a child involved,” the mayor noted. “I knew Dr. Janway. Dr. Janway has worked on me, we’ve been acquaintances for a very, very long time since I’ve been in Muskogee. Just knowing that it was him and his family took a different toll on me.”
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The NASCAR organization sent its condolences to the Johnson and Janway families in the aftermath of this tragic event. NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick also released a statement saying he “has been in touch with Jimmie” and “offered … the full resources of [his] organization.”
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