{"id":836690,"date":"2026-07-30T20:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T20:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/836690\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T20:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T20:55:09","slug":"legacy-motor-club-announces-new-investors-including-scott-dixon-dario-franchitti-and-tony-kanaan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/836690\/","title":{"rendered":"Legacy Motor Club announces new investors, including Scott Dixon, Dario Franchitti and Tony Kanaan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Legacy Motor Club team announced nearly a dozen new investors into its NASCAR Cup Series team on Thursday, including IndyCar legends Scott Dixon, Tony\u00a0Kanaan, and Dario Franchitti.<\/p>\n<p>As part of this new strategic ownership group, Legacy Motor Club previously announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/nascar-cup\/news\/guy-fieri-joins-legacy-motor-club-nascar-team-as-strategic-owner-\/10833317\/\" data-custom-text=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emmy Award-winning television host and restaurateur Guy\u00a0Fieri<\/a>, as well as three-time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/nascar-cup\/news\/darius-rucker-joins-legacy-motor-club-ownership-group\/10808013\/\" data-custom-text=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grammy award winning\u00a0singer\/songwriter Darius Rucker.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But on Thursday, they added many new names to this growing investment group. Here is the full list:<\/p>\n<p>Bryce Harper \u2014 2x National League MVP, 8x MLB All-Star<br \/>\nKelly Slater \u2014 11x Surfing World Champion<br \/>\nAndy\u00a0Roddick \u2014 US Open Champion, former World No.1<br \/>\nDarius\u00a0Rucker \u2014 3x Grammy Award winner, Grand Ole Opry member<br \/>\nGuy\u00a0Fieri \u2014 Emmy Award-winning chef, restaurateur, and entrepreneur<br \/>\nSam\u00a0Byrne \u2014 Co-Founder &amp; Co-Chairman of CrossHarbor Capital Partners<br \/>\nScott Dixon \u2014 6x\u00a0IndyCar Champion, Indianapolis 500 winner<br \/>\nDario Franchitti \u2014 4x IndyCar Champion, 3x Indianapolis 500 winner<br \/>\nTony\u00a0Kanaan \u2014 IndyCar Champion, Indianapolis 500 winner<br \/>\nJen Rubio \u2014 Co-Founder of Away; entrepreneur and builder of one of the defining modern direct-to-consumer brands<br \/>\nChase\u00a0Utley \u2014 World Series Champion, 6x MLB All-Star<\/p>\n<p>The organization, co-owned by seven-time NASCAR Cup champion Jimmie Johnson, runs two chartered entries with the No. 42 of John Hunter Nemechek and the No. 43 of Erik Jones. They are expected to expand to three full-time entries for the 2027 season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not a traditional ownership group,\u201d said Johnson in a release from the team. \u201cIt is a collection of people who understand competition, leadership, innovation, storytelling, and how enduring organizations are built. They come from different worlds but share a common belief: that LEGACY can become something fundamentally different within motorsports and culture.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreat organizations are built by people who understand what it takes to win \u2014 but also what it takes to build,\u201d Johnson added. \u201cThe caliber, diversity, and perspective of this group speak directly to where LEGACY is headed.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read Also:<\/p>\n<p>            We want your opinion!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-auto\">What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"ms-link text-link font-bold\">Take our 5 minute survey.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-1 text-body\">&#8211; The Motorsport.com Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Legacy Motor Club team announced nearly a dozen new investors into its NASCAR Cup Series team on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":836691,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,291834,291833,3844,9579,1193,291832,634,3628,82],"class_list":["post-836690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-dario-franchitti-and-tony-kanaan","tag-including-scott-dixon","tag-indianapolis","tag-indianapolis-motor-speedway","tag-indycar","tag-legacy-motor-club-announces-new-investors","tag-nascar","tag-nascar-cup","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836690","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=836690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/836691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=836690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=836690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}