Johnson will be making his first ever oval start in an IndyCar at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday, and his commitment to the Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda team preclude the NASCAR legend from taking his usual seat in Action Express Racing’s extra Cadillac for IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s endurance rounds.
IndyCar practice and qualifying is being held on Saturday, so had any driver attempted to race both the Twelve Hours of Sebring and the XPEL 375 would have had to start from the back of the IndyCar field.
Consequently, Lopez, who was the Ally car’s fourth driver in the Rolex 24 Hours, has been called back to the squad for Sebring. Ironically, that means the Argentinian ace is now “doing a double”, since he is also racing the #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid in Friday’s WEC season-opener, the Sebring 1000-mile race – and in both cases he’s sharing the car with Kobayashi.
“It was great to get the call to be back in the Ally Cadillac for another run at Sebring,”…
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