![]() (Johnson won seven races at Texas in NASCAR.) ![]() Now, Johnson is in the middle of a full Ind圜ar season with Ganassi, and that means he’ll run his first Indy 500 on May 29 at the iconic Brickyard.Īnd after his strong sixth-place finish in March at Texas Motor Speedway - his first Ind圜ar oval race and his best Ind圜ar finish to date - the hype over his first Indy 500 began building again. It subsided a little during Johnson’s 2021 rookie Ind圜ar season with Chip Ganassi Racing, during which he only raced on the street and road courses - not the ovals, like Indianapolis Motor Speedway - because of safety concerns with a faster car that was new to him. ![]() The anticipation for Johnson’s first Indy 500 has been growing since he announced his plans to retire from the NASCAR Cup Series as a seven-time champion at the end of the 2020 season and make the jump to open-wheeled racing in the Ind圜ar Series, still behind the wheel of the No. Like so many curious racing fans, motor sports legend Mario Andretti will surely have his eye on Jimmie Johnson when he takes his first shot at the Indianapolis 500 later this month.Īnd Andretti has a feeling the NASCAR turned Ind圜ar driver will “be a force to be reckoned with” at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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