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Travis Pastrana and Jimmie Johnson both qualified for the 2023 Daytona 500 during a special qualifying shootout for the NASCAR Sprint Cup race, which was held on Wednesday at Florida’s Daytona International Speedway.
Both drivers, who recently announced plans to scale back their respective race programs, have the two fastest speeds of any non-charter car.
Pastrana will drive a Toyota Camry for 23XI Racing, the team founded by NBA legend Michael Jordan and three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin in 2020. The team currently fields two cars in the Cup Series, driven by Bubba Wallace and Tyler Reddick.
Johnson will drive a Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Legacy Motor Club (formerly Petty GMS Motorsports), which he co-owns with Richard Petty and Maurice J. Gallagher Jr.
Jimmie Johnson
The 2023 Daytona 500 will take place on February 19.
Pastrana is perhaps most widely known for his recent Gymkhana video, although he is also a competitive racer in rally competitions and has success in motocross as well. He is also the founder of the Nitro Rallycross series which he currently participates in. He announced in early February that he was reducing his racing schedule to spend more time with family.
Johnson is a seven-time NASCAR champion. He returned to the series on a limited basis after two years at IndyCar. Like Pastrana, Johnson also announced plans to step back from the full racing schedule last year to spend more time with his family and try other endeavors. One of those endeavors is driving a specially prepared NASCAR race car at this year’s Le Mans 2024 Hours.
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