Johnson: Wild ride into Daytona 500 field ”wasn’t in my playbook”

Without a fast enough qualifying speed in Wednesday night’s time trials and driving a non-chartered third entry for the Legacy Motor Club team he co-owns, the seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion needed to race his way into Sunday’s starting line-up.While there were nearly two dozen cars in Johnson’s qualifying race, his battle to make the 500 was in essence a one-on-one tug-of-war between …Keep reading