CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jimmie Johnson doesn’t intend to let a fractured right hand keep him off the track.
On Tuesday, the seven-time NASCAR champion who has become an IndyCar Series regular announced on Twitter he had surgery Monday night in Charlotte, North Carolina, to repair the injury he suffered in a practice crash last weekend.
“From Long Beach to the operating room,” Johnson wrote before citing his plan to test next week at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. “Good news is I plan to be ready for the IMS test in 9 days and Barber on May 1st. Thank you to all the medical staff involved.”
Testing is to be held on the Brickyard’s historic 2.5-mile oval next Wednesday and Thursday. The series won’t race again until stopping at Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama.
Then again, Johnson never has allowed much to get in the way of racing.
He made 663 consecutive starts in Cup Series cars, the fifth-longest streak in NASCAR history. It ended with a positive COVID-19 test that kept him out of the 2020…
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