Rau Jimmie Johnson's NASCAR Rov Qab, 7 Lub Sijhawm 7 tuaj yeem sib npaug Tsheb No. 49

Jimmie Johnson yuav ua rau nws Nascar Cup Series rov qab los hauv 65^th Daytona 500 thaum Lub Ob Hlis 19, 2023, tab sis nws yuav tsis nyob hauv tus lej 48 Chevrolet paub. Tus lej ntawd yog Hendrick Motorsports thiab tam sim no nyob rau ntawm Alex Bowman's Chevrolet tom qab xya lub sijhawm Nascar Cup Series tus yeej tau so haujlwm los ntawm kev sib tw Nascar puv sijhawm thaum kawg ntawm 2020 lub caij.

Johnson siv No. 48 hauv NTT IndyCar Series ob lub caij dhau los nrog Chip Ganassi Kev Sib Tw, txuas ntxiv tus lej cim uas nws tau pab ua kom muaj npe nrov hauv kev ua haujlwm uas suav nrog 84 Cup Series yeej suav nrog ob Daytona 500 yeej.

Johnson tshaj tawm nws rov qab los rau Nascar thaum Lub Kaum Ib Hlis 4 thaum nws tau los ua tus tswv cuab hauv Petty GMS Racing. Thawj tus tswv yog Maury Gallagher, thiab lwm tus tswv yog xya lub sijhawm Nascar Cup Series tau yeej thiab xya lub sijhawm Daytona 500 tus yeej Richard Petty.

Johnson kuj tau tshaj tawm tias nws yuav sib tw hauv qee qhov kev sib tw Nascar Cup Series, suav nrog Daytona 500.

Petty GMS tau tsim nyob rau lub Kaum Ob Hlis 7, 2021, thiab tau muaj lub caij nyoog zoo tshaj plaws nrog tus tsav tsheb Erik Jones yeej Southern 500 hauv lub npe nrov No. 43 Chevrolet uas Petty ua nto moo.

Noah Gragson kuj koom nrog pab pawg rau 2023 Nascar Cup Series lub caij.

Nws yog Tag Nrho Hauv Tus lej

Thaum Johnson dov tawm ntawm lub chaw nres tsheb pib xyaum ntawm Daytona International Speedway, tus lej twg yuav nyob ntawm nws Chevrolet?

Petty GMS Thawj Tswj Hwm Mike Beam muaj ib lub tswv yim.

"Thaum peb tau tshaj tawm nrog Jimmie, tib neeg pib txuas cov dots," Beam hais. "49 zaug xya yog XNUMX.

“Huab Tais, kuv yuav tsis tau xav txog qhov ntawd.

"Peb muaj ob tus yeej xya lub sijhawm thiab yog tias koj muab xya zaus xya, koj tau 49. Qhov ntawd yuav yog tus lej zoo rau peb pab pawg nrog Richard Petty thiab Jimmie Johnson."

Txawm hais tias qhov ntawd tsis tau dhau los ua haujlwm, nws yog tus lej uas ua rau muaj kev nkag siab rau Johnson txoj hauv kev tshiab hauv nws txoj haujlwm ua tus tswv Cup Series / tus tsav tsheb ntawm pab pawg uas suav nrog Petty.

Rov qab rau Lub Kaum Hli 4 thaum kuv muaj sijhawm los tham nrog Johnson ua ntej phau ntawv kos npe rau nws phau ntawv tshiab "One More Lap - Jimmie Johnson thiab # 48" nws tau tham txog cov xov tooj muaj peev xwm. Qhov no yog ib lub hlis tag nrho ua ntej nws cov tswv cuab koom tes tau tshaj tawm ntawm Petty GMS Racing.

Johnson tau hais tias "Nws yuav yog tus lej sib txawv," Johnson tau hais. “Kuv tus ntxhais nug kuv tias hmo ntuj.

"Tej zaum nws yuav yog 84. Peb tsuas yog hloov ntawm 4 thiab 8."

Rov qab rau thaum ntxov ntawm Nascar, peb tus lej tau siv, tab sis tsis txhob cia siab tias "048" yuav tshwm sim ntawm Johnson lub tsheb.

Kev Lag Luam "Dream Team"

Nws qhib qhov muaj peev xwm rau txhua hom kev lag luam nce ntxiv rau Petty GMS vim tias muaj kev koom tes ntawm ob tus neeg sib tw xya lub sijhawm tau ua tus tswv nrog kev sib koom ua ke 284 yeej thiab 14 kev sib tw.

"Qhov kev lag luam ntawm nws, muaj ntau qhov kev zoo siab nyob ntawd," Beam hais. “Kev sim khi 7 thiab 7 ua ke yog qhov zoo nkauj heev. Muaj zog heev. Yuav muaj qee cov lus tshaj tawm tshiab sai sai no. Richard yog ib feem ntawm qhov no.

"Nws zoo siab heev uas tau pom nws thiab koom nrog nws," Beam hais. “Nws tab tom tawm mus. Peb tau muaj ntau tus neeg ncav cuag peb, cov tuam txhab sib txawv. Tam sim no, nws tsuas yog muab qhov zoo tshaj plaws deals ua ke.

“Peb yuav muaj kev tshaj tawm tuaj thawj xyoo. Nws yog qhov txias npaum li cas tuaj yeem ua lag luam Jimmie Johnson thiab Richard Petty. Nws vwm."

Ob leeg Petty thiab Johnson paub txog tus nqi ntawm kev lag luam thiab txaus siab ua lub ntsej muag ntawm pab pawg. Petty yog 85 thiab tseem nyiam mus ncig thiab siv sijhawm nrog cov kiv cua thiab mus xyuas nrog cov neeg txhawb nqa. Nws autograph tau dhau los ua legendary.

Johnson tau ua lub tshuab ua lag luam niaj hnub no, coj cov neeg txhawb nqa tshiab xws li Carvana rau hauv kev sib tw pib ua tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm nws lub tsheb 48 Indy ntawm Chip Ganassi Racing.

Lub thoob

Thaum Johnson tshaj tawm tias nws tab tom khiav tawm ntawm kev sib tw puv sijhawm thaum lub Cuaj Hlis 26, nws tau tham txog kev khiav "Bucket List" lub sijhawm uas suav nrog IndyCar, Nascar, Imsa thiab lub npe nrov 24 Teev ntawm Le Mans. Nws kuj tau tham txog kev ua "Ob chav" los ntawm kev khiav hauv Indianapolis 500 thiab Coca-Cola 600 ntawm Charlotte Motor Speedway nyob rau tib hnub.

Txij li cov lus tshaj tawm ntawd, txawm li cas los xij, Johnson's Nascar cov tswv cuab lub luag haujlwm tau ua qhov tseem ceeb. Nws yuav tsis sib tw hauv Imsa lossis tsav tsheb hauv Rolex 24 ntawm Daytona lub hli tom ntej. Johnson tsis muaj kev pom zoo rau Indianapolis 500 thiab yuav tsum tau kos npe rau daim ntawv cog lus nrog pab pawg Chevrolet IndyCar.

Pab Pawg Penske hais rau kuv thaum Lub Kaum Hli lawv yuav tsis ntxiv lub tsheb ntxiv rau Indianapolis 500, yog li pab pawg ntawd tsis xav txog. Arrow McLaren tsis muaj chaw nyob hauv nws pab neeg nrog qhov sib ntxiv ntawm 2013 Indy 500 tus yeej Tony Kanaan rau cov kab sib tw rau 500-Mile Haiv Neeg.

Qhov ntawd yuav tawm Ed Carpenter Racing, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing thiab Juncos tsuas yog pab pawg Chevrolet uas tuaj yeem tso Johnson hauv lub tsheb rau Indy 500.

Nrog rau txhua hnub, nws zoo li nyuaj rau Johnson nrhiav kev caij tsheb rau 107^thIndianapolis 500.

Tab sis yog tias nws tshwm sim, Beam muaj qhov thib ob ntawm "Double" them rau Johnson uas yuav khiav hauv Coca-Cola 600.

"Los ntawm thawj zaug uas peb tau tham nrog Jimmie, nws tau tham txog IndyCar cov khoom thiab ua rau Indy 500 thiab tsim nyog," Beam hais. "Thaum nws ua Rookie Orientation nyob rau ntawd, nws thawj lossis thib ob ceg tawv hauv lub tsheb Indy, nws twb tau khiav nrawm dua li qhov nws tsim nyog ntawm tus ncej nyob rau hauv nws lub tsheb Cup.

"Muaj ntau qhov kev sib tham thiab ntau txoj haujlwm pab txhawb thiab tau txais ib txoj kev npaj ua ke thiab tham nrog Nascar txog lub sijhawm ntawm Charlotte. Muaj ib daim ntawv ntxhua khaub ncaws uas tos kom ua tiav.

"Kuv zoo siab rau nws."

Beam tau hais tias cov dav hlau ntiag tug yuav raug siv thiab cov neeg tsav tsheb standby siv rau kev xyaum thiab tsim nyog, yog tias xav tau.

Beam tau hais tias "Peb yuav rov mus xyuas qhov ntawd thaum Lub Kaum Ob Hlis 28, tab sis nws zoo siab heev," Beam hais. "Jimmie yeej xav ua nws thiab paub meej, yog tias nws xav ua, peb yuav ua."

Johnson yuav yog tus tsav tsheb laus tshaj plaws los ua ob npaug ntawm 47.

"Kuv tsis txhawj txog qhov ntawd," Beam hais. “Nrog nws lub sijhawm ua haujlwm, qhov ntawd yog qhov teeb meem tsawg tshaj plaws.

"Jimmie tau nyob hauv lub simulator rau Garage 56 kev siv zog nrog Nascar thiab Rick Hendrick rau Le Mans. Jimmie yog tus kawm tau nrawm thiab txhua yam uas Nascar cia peb ua rau kev sim, peb yuav dhau qhov ntawd. "

Raws li rau lub luag haujlwm ua tswv cuab, Beam tau nyiam kev cuam tshuam nrog Johnson thaum nws tau koom nrog ntau dua hauv kev lag luam ntawm Petty GMS Racing.

"Nws tau ploj mus zoo," Beam hais. “Ib zaug peb pib tham nrog Jimmie, peb tau muaj kev sib tham txog lub tsheb, lub tsheb thauj khoom, thiab lub qhov taub. Kuv ib txwm me nyuam mos Maury vim nws nyob deb 3,000 mais thiab nws tau muab pov rau hauv kuv ceg tawv, tab sis qhov ntawd tsis yog.

“Tab sis nws tau mus zoo heev. Peb tuaj yeem muab lub cev tso rau hauv lub tsheb hauv peb hnub nrog lub tsheb tom ntej. Peb tab tom ua haujlwm ntawm pab pawg thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm. Jimmie thiab nws pab pawg tau ua haujlwm hnyav rau cov neeg koom tes. Txhua tus zoo siab txog Jimmie.

"Qhov koj paub txog Jimmie Johnson yog qhov tseeb. Nws ua haujlwm nws tus nplaig. Nws mam li sau ntawv rau koj thaum 6 teev sawv ntxov nrog cov tswv yim. Nws zoo siab heev thiab yog ib tug neeg zoo. "