Legacy this season will field two full-time cars, the No. 43 Toyota for Erik Jones — two top-fives in two seasons with the team and a finish of 28th in the Cup Series standings — and the No. 42 Toyota for John Hunter Nemechek. Neither driver made the playoffs.

Jimmie Johnson said he was not happy when he found out about NASCAR's new provisional and that he wouldn't be eligible for it at Daytona.

Johnson did his part for the third straight Daytona 500 to land a big-time — like, really, really big — partner for one of the Legacy cars. After working with rock bands Creed and Guns N' Roses each of the last two seasons, Johnson's paint scheme in the No. 84 Toyota for the Daytona 500 was inspired by retired NBA great Shaquille O'Neal's career.

I made it to 49 without ever having a real job,” the seven-time NASCAR champion and El Cajon native said earlier this week. That changed on Jan. 27, when Johnson became the majority owner of Legacy Motor Club — the NASCAR team that started out 7 ½ decades ago as Petty Enterprises.

Jimmie Johnson clinched his fifth consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series title, a feat that left fans in awe and reshaped the sport's competitive landscape. Dive into the pivotal moments and emotional highs of this historic season.

The vision of his true NASCAR future crystallized for Jimmie Johnson at last year’s season finale. He climbed into his Toyota at Phoenix for his ninth, nondescript race of the season when he spotted them on pit road,