Jimmie Johnson adds Daytona 500 to 2026 schedule

Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson will compete in the 2026 Daytona 500, Legacy Motor Club announced Thursday (Dec. 18).

Johnson will attempt the race in the No. 84 Toyota sponsored by Carvana.

2026 will mark Johnson’s fourth consecutive attempt at The Great American Race in the No. 84, and 23rd attempt overall. The 50-year-old NASCAR Hall-of-Famer won the race in 2006 and 2013.

Johnson finished third in the race last year.

With the announcement, Johnson has confirmed two Cup Series races in 2026, with his other being the street course event at the Naval Base Coronado in San Diego in June.

The 2026 Daytona 500 is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 15.

Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.

From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book “All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story” with racer Geoff Bodine.

Aragon, his wife Feliz, and son Christopher currently reside in Grants, New Mexico, USA.

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