Jimmie Johnson wrote on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\nJohnson has numerous connections to both the area and the race. He described the chance to race in San Diego as a \u201cbucket-list\u201d item.<\/p>\n
\u201cGrowing up just miles from San Diego, I dreamed about racing here in a NASCAR vehicle someday, but I never thought it would be possible,\u201d Jimmie Johnson said in a press release. \u201cI just came to the realization that there would be no way NASCAR could race in that city \u2013 as there would be nowhere to put a track. So, it\u2019s just mind-blowing to me that NASCAR made this a reality.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo come back home, compete in front of my community, the military, my family, and friends, and do it with Carvana and LEGACY MOTOR CLUB, this is one of those full-circle experiences I will never forget. It\u2019s a lifelong dream.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carvana will sponsor the No. 84 Toyota Camry XSE that Jimmie Johnson will drive. It will unveil the paint scheme \u201cin the near future.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jimmie Johnson, a seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and the owner of Legacy Motor Club, will certainly bring some additional viewership to the event. He\u2019s a fan favorite.<\/p>\n
Because of that, the weekend is not just a return to competition for him. It\u2019s also a celebration of his roots with the fans.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I think about everything this sport has given me and where it all started, being able to race in San Diego at this level feels like my career has come full circle,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cStarting out on two wheels racing motorcycles throughout the west coast and now being able to race on four in the same region is something I never thought I would see. Additionally, my grandparents were military and are buried in Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery nearby the base, so it\u2019s an honor to race there \u2013 this is going to be very special.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There will be a familiar face behind the wheel when NASCAR hits road at the Coronado Naval Base…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-264933","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nascar","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}