When seven time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson returned to NASCAR and joined the Legacy Motor Club as a part owner, he also revealed that he would be doing a little driving along the way.

He made his debut as  a driver / owner in the Daytona 500 in the number 84 car where he finished 31st after being caught up in a wreck.

On March 14, Legacy Motor Club announced that Johnson would be racing on the road course at Circuit of the Americas and in the longest race of the season, the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Johnson called racing at COTA as one of the tracks on his racing “bucket list”, saying “but my timing was off by a year or so. I was hoping it was going to be on the IndyCar schedule — and it wasn’t — and then they added it to the NASCAR schedule after I left. I’m excited to finally be able to check this one off the list and thankful to Club Wyndham for making it happen. From everything I’ve heard, NASCAR drivers have had a lot of fun racing at COTA, so to say I’m looking forward to it is an understatement.”

Johnson had previously announced that he would also be running in the street race in Chicago during the Fourth of July weekend.  And he will be a part of the racing team in the Garage 56 car for the 24 Hours at Le Mans with Jenson Button and Mike Rockenfeller.

COTA is shaping up to bring a full field of cars with former Formula One drivers Jenson Button and Kimi Raikkonen joining the field.

At the time of his retirement, Johnson had 83 wins to go with his seven championships –  tied for sixth with Cale Yarborough on the all time winningest drivers list.