Chandra Janway was born in Muskogee, Okla. in 1978. She graduated with a degree in business communication from the University of Oklahoma in 2000, per Essentially Sports. She moved to New York City after college and signed with Wilhelmina Models. That's how she met Jeff Gordon and his wife Ingrid, who introduced her to her husband. She is a huge fan of the University of Oklahoma Sooners football team and has brought her husband to games in an attempt to get him to start rooting for her team, per Heavy.

In March 2014, Janway's family experienced a tragedy when her brother, 27-year-old Jordan Janway was killed in a sky-diving accident in San Diego, per USA Today. Jordan was a sky-diving instructor with more than 1,000 jumps to his name, per NBC San Diego. He collided with another jumper in mid-air, which knocked him unconscious and led to his death.

These days, Janway runs The Jimmie Johnson Foundation, which she founded with her husband in 2006. The foundation's mission is to fund K-12 public schools through their Champions Grant Program, per the website. The foundation also works with the Make-A-Wish Foundation to grant wishes for kids facing life-threatening illnesses.

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