The Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Jimmie Johnson, with wisps of gray in his beard, is a 45-year-old rookie in the IndyCar Series ready to reintroduce himself.
He’s a windbag, a craft-o-maniac, a guy who goes, is really into eggs and keeps things fresh.
Those are just some of the labels Carvana has tagged Johnson with in a series of seven spots highlighting the online car dealer’s first partnership with a professional athlete. The seven-time NASCAR champion begins his official transition to IndyCar this weekend with Sunday’s season opening race at Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama with three ads debuting during the NBC broadcast.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Pato O’Ward ran three blistering laps around Barber Motorsports Park to win the pole for IndyCar’s season-opening race and make good on his promise to become
Pato O Ward sets track record at Barber to claim pole; Jimmie Johnson to start 21st
Pato O Ward ran three blistering laps around Barber Motorsports Park to win the pole for IndyCar s season-opening race and make good on his promise to become a headache that series veterans must deal with all year long.
O Ward, in his second full season of IndyCar and the centerpiece of Arrow McLaren SP s bid to become a series heavyweight, set a new track record in Saturday qualifying. It came in the second round, and he closed out the session with a lap of 1 minute, 5.8479 seconds to win the second pole of his career.
18 April, 2021
Pato O’Ward ran three blistering laps around Barber Motorsports Park to win the pole for IndyCar’s season-opening race and make good on his promise to become a headache that series veterans must deal with all year long.
O’Ward, in his second full season of IndyCar and the centerpiece of Arrow McLaren SP’s bid to become an IndyCar heavyweight, set a new track record in Saturday qualifying. It came in the second round and then he closed out the session with a pole-winning run of 1 minute, 5.8479 seconds to win the second pole of his career.
O’Ward’s lap of 1:05.5019 earlier in qualifying broke the record of 1:06.6001 set by Sebastien Bourdais in 2016.
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