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HBO Sports’ “24-7″ to step outside boxing into the world of NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson

HBO Sports’ acclaimed "24/7" reality series is expanding, and its first non-boxing subject will be NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson. The four-episode, all-access series will be titled "24/7 Jimmie Johnson: Race to Daytona," and will chronicle the driver’s preparations for the Daytona 500 early next year. It will begin airing January 26, with the final installment running February 16, two days after NASCAR’s biggest race of the year. "HBO has aired seven previous editions of ’24/7,’ each of which followed boxers as they prepared for an upcoming fight," Michael Smith writes. Says HBO President Ross Greenburg, "This will be as much about Jimmie Johnson off the track as it is on the track. It’s going to be an interesting foray into a world that not many people have ever seen."
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