Seven-time NASCAR Cup champion Johnson switched to IndyCar for the 2021 season with Chip Ganassi Racing, contesting a road and street course-only schedule.
However the 46-year-old has pledged to contest the full season in 2022, including on ovals – having missed the Indianapolis 500, Texas and Gateway last season, and never competed at returning venue Iowa in NASCAR.
Johnson’s best finish to date is a 17th, achieved in the Laguna Seca and Long Beach races that concluded the 2021 campaign.
Unser, who won two Indycar titles and claimed Indy 500 victories in 1992 and 1994, also has experience of stock car racing having won the IROC championship against some of NASCAR’s top names in 1986 and 1988.
Speaking to Autosport for a podcast promoting his recently-released book, A Checkered Past, Unser said Johnson’s steep learning curve will soon be rewarded with strong results in IndyCar, and expects that “it’s going to be like a light switch”.
“Jimmie has shown the world how competitive the…
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