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FORT WORTH, TX – APRIL 09: Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe’s Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 9, 2017 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Sarah Crabill/Getty Images)
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FORT WORTH, TX – APRIL 09: Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe’s Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 9, 2017 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Sarah Crabill/Getty Images)
Where do you after reaching the highest mountain in your sport, in your walk of life? Surely back home, to relax and relish in your achievements, right? Well, that’s not the route Jimmie Johnson took.
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The seven-time NASCAR Cup champion called it quits a few years ago from stock car racing. But while many thought his time behind the wheel was over, it was only his time behind a stock car wheel that was over.
And before anyone knew it, Jimmie Johnson was at it again, this time in a single-seater, in an IndyCar with the same amount of passion and a desire to win.
Johnson is currently in his first full-time season of IndyCar and so far, it hasn’t really panned out the way he’d have wanted. He admitted the results in St. Petersburg don’t reflect the progress he has made.
But now as the calendar turns to Texas Motor Speedway, Johnson’s luck can also turn.
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FORT WORTH, TEXAS – OCTOBER 25: Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Ally designed by Noah Sweet Chevrolet, poses in front of the Texas Motor Speedway gate entering victory lane, renamed in his honor prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on October 25, 2020 in Fort Worth, Texas. Jimmie Johnson is scheduled to retire from full-time NASCAR racing after 2020. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
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The oval in Texas is a track where the former Hendrick driver has the record for most race wins (7) in Cup Series. And Johnson knows that.
He knows his experience and history at this particular oval can be to his advantage.
“I enjoyed watching as a fan, but then in August I was able to come and drive one myself, and I’m excited to get on the track and feel the speed,” Johnson said.
“I certainly have an opinion of how to get around here in a Cup car, and then to drive in an NTT INDYCAR SERIES car, there are just subtle differences that make it really entertaining and fun to drive,” he continued.
“I’m looking forward to my first race here.”
