{"id":353564,"date":"2025-12-18T16:05:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T16:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/353564\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T16:05:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T16:05:08","slug":"jimmie-johnson-50-to-make-bid-for-daytona-500-field-level-media-professional-sports-content-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/353564\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmie Johnson, 50, to make bid for Daytona 500 &#8211; Field Level Media &#8211; Professional sports content solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson will attempt to qualify for the 2026 Daytona 500.<\/p>\n<p>Legacy Motor Club announced Thursday that the 50-year-old team owner will drive the No. 84 Carvana Toyota.<\/p>\n<p>A two-time Daytona 500 winner (2006, 2013), Johnson will attempt to qualify for the season-opening Feb. 15 race as an open, non-chartered entry. It would be his 23rd entry in \u201cThe Great American Race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCarvana has been an incredible partner, and every season we\u2019ve found new ways to celebrate what makes racing so special,\u201d Johnson said in a team news release. \u201cThis year\u2019s scheme is sharp, it\u2019s fresh, and I can\u2019t wait for fans to see it on the track in Daytona.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson, who retired from full-time competition after the 2020 season, has raced a partial Cup Series schedule for the past few years. The 83-time race winner\u2019s last victory came in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The NASCAR Hall of Fame member previously announced that he will enter the inaugural Cup Series race in San Diego on June 21 at Naval Base Coronado, near his hometown of El Cajon, Calif.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Field Level Media<\/p>\n<p>                                            <img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766073908_780_be4452b65ace878d206f2029709048c825036e3517e6a89f4eedc3d4c530e2ba\"  class=\"avatar avatar-96 photo\" height=\"96\" width=\"96\" decoding=\"async\"\/>                                            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson will attempt to qualify for the 2026 Daytona 500. Legacy Motor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353565,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":["post-353564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353564","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=353564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}