I hope to ring the bell a few more times.” I’m more surprised than anybody that I’ve had the success I’ve had in my career and I hope it’s not over. I started racing because I grew up around it and it’s something I’m passionate about, something I’d do if I had to pay to do it. “I know from my past in NASCAR, a few different moments I’ve had to join the greats, you know, it just means so much. I have no idea what that moment would be like, but it would be a huge honor.
“I’ve not been one to think about what (winning the Indy 500) might feel like or might possibly do for my career or legacy, but it would be so amazing to join those guys if I could. “I’ve heard the stat I’d love to be one of the three,” the 46-year-old Johnson said Thursday.
Foyt and Mario Andretti, have accomplished: win the Daytona 500 and the Indianapolis 500. If Johnson can pull this off, he would do something only two other drivers, A.J. Still active in Ind圜ar, usually taking rather scared celebrities around in the two-seater machine, Andretti made a bet with McLaren boss Zak Brown back at the Miami Grand Prix.īrown promised to put Andretti into one of his modern F1 machines for a one-off test.įive months later, the 2013 McLaren MP4-28 was shipped off to Laguna Seca - as Andretti returned to the track once again in F1 machinery.Jimmie Johnson crosses the line of bricks during practice after qualifying for the 106th Indianapolis 500. In 1995, he came close to unofficially 'completing' motorsport with a second place overall finish in the Le Mans 24 Hours. Now 82, Andretti remains the only driver to have won the F1 World Championship (1978), US open wheel championship (1965, 1966, 1969, 1984), Indy 500 (1969), and Daytona 500 (1967). One name who is wrongly overshadowed by some is Mario Andretti - probably the most successful racing driver there is. Michael Schumacher perhaps for galvanising Ferrari or Lewis Hamilton re-writing the record books in the modern day - but then what could the great Jim Clark or Ayrton Senna gone onto achieve had they not been cut down in their prime? When it comes to the debate around the so-called 'Greatest of All-Time' in motorsport/Formula 1, there are the usual suspects near the top of the list.
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