Racer John Paul Jr.'s story is out in a new book
Mark Vaughn (Editor’s note: Below is a story featuring Autoweek’s last interview with John Paul Jr. in December of 2018. The story is an insightful look at Paul’s battle with Huntington’s disease.) I didn’t know him personally, but I was lucky enough to be covering racing when John Paul Jr. was an active driver. Whenever he won, which was quite often, I was always glad because that meant there’d be an intelligent, considerate voice in the press room for the post-race interviews. John Paul Jr. was always one of the nicest guys in racing. If you didn’t know it, you’d never gues...