CHARLOTTE, NC — From Italy to Iowa to the Finger Lake simulator and finally, Jimmie Johnson was no rest. This weekend at Watkins Glen is aiming to make one of these last two appearances in the running games of the IMSA.
He then takes note of his 2023 arrangement, which Johnson hopes will include a spot in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
NASCAR, Hendrick Motorsports and Chrysler plan to post the car at Le Le Mans next June in a specially designed Garage 56 fleet to indicate the innovation of the new NASCAR model Gen. The prestigious endurance race is scheduled for June 10-11, two weeks after the Indianapolis 500.
Johnson wants to be a part of the lineup, but said his participation will depend on the 2023 IndyCar schedule — his seventh NASCAR champion and marks the third time in a lot of still-open wheel running plans.
Johnson this week copped to the “behind-the-scenes” push of IndyCar president Jay Frye to go off the streak in Le Mans.
“I want to go to Le Mans. But I think only the bottoms on the ballot were sent in to understand if I could,” said Johnson. “I know it doesn’t matter. It certainly makes a ton of interest for me to do it. In the first way we wait for the Lord to fall.
Johnson, who drove Rick Hendrick for nearly two decades, believes he is on the list of Le Mans candidates.
“I feel that the benefit of your sides is high,” he added. “We couldn’t do anything more formal because there’s no schedule.”
All in limbo, Johnson turned his career to the dog-running course. IndyCar spent five consecutive weeks before the break of the week, allowing Johnson to take his wife and two daughters to Italy on a speedy vacation.
But the 46-year-old had to reopen at Iowa Speedway, a rare oval oval that he had never played before. He was bleary-eyed during a coffee and media session this week explaining how his next stop was a simulator to prepare for the six hours of Glen this weekend, the third of four IMSA races on the schedule built on the patience of Johnson in the partnership between Hendrick. , Action Express Sports and Sponsor affiliates.
Johnson dropped Twelve Hours from Sebring in March, because while IndyCare struggled with the Texas motor, Tampered fought back to a return to the Oval Open-Wheels debut. 48 Cadillac’s reunion this weekend with teammates Mike Rockenfeller and Kamui Kobayashi.
He had a brief moment in his home at Watkins Glen a year ago and isn’t sure how much Chad Knaus, former NASCAR captain and head of the ImSA No. 48, he will wear it on the day of the sun.
“Six hour race with three drivers, time to drive, time,” said Johnson not much. “I think the last time I spend in the car depends on my safety.”
Johnson doesn’t know what his 2023 schedule will look like, but hopes to include another full-time IndyCari and, at least, IMSA international.
Income for IndyCar depends a lot on expense. Johnson finds himself in Carvana to pull back the transition from NASCAR champion to IndyCar rookie, and only ran the road and races last year. He added the Ovals this season, and made his Indy 500 debut last month.
Although he was thought to have taken from the van five hundred pounds, he gets shipwrecked and finished 28 He continued to compete on the highways and street races, which Johnson-debunked announced he would only run to oval next year.
“I’m not sure where it is. I haven’t had any discussions or thought process,” said Johnson. “What I did was both fun and enjoyable. Go ahead and get better. Actually, we hope to do something similar again next year.
Whatever he does in 2023 will go down to the championship, scheduling changes and 2023 rules designed for the sports racing car. The prototype DPi class will be restored with a new LMDh class, which will make IMSA the highest-eligible for the Le Mans class.
But when the change comes along, there will not be enough initial chassis parts and partial sheets for connections.
“We’re still in this period with the IndyCaro, sports sedan, and other ideas I have to run. All right now people are starting to talk about their choices,” said Johnson. “It’s usually the end of summer, the beginning of the fall when the paper starts to move around and people are looking for ink and stuff to be done. We’re just the first on the cycle, and we’ll definitely try to keep my options open.”
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