Richard Petty

Legends of NASCAR - Richard Petty and Jimmie Johnson - are involved in an intriguing saga that transcends motorsport and F1 but worth telling.

Petty and Johnson are among nine drivers who won a NASCAR championship and Daytona 500 set to serve as grand marshals for the Daytona 500 on Sunday. “He’s always been so kind and wonderful to me,” Johnson said. He qualified on speed for the Daytona 500, flew with the Thunderbirds and topped the first speed chart at practice. He takes on everything,” Petty said. “He’ll probably be the majority owner or the owner of our operation. Even with their shared place in NASCAR history, Johnson and Petty were never close before they forged a business relationship. “Jimmie’s thinking further ahead with his crew and came up with a new name.” “Most of the time, I ran the majority of the show. GMS founder Maury Gallagher, chairman of Allegiant Air, purchased Richard Petty Motorsports in 2021 and Petty, whose 200 Cup wins as a driver are a record, served as the frontman. That’s something I never had to put up with, I guess.” “With sponsorships, appearances and all that stuff, Jimmie’s crowd is kind of controlling that. Hall of Famer, Petty has essentially been stripped of power inside his former eponymous team that rapidly rebranded and rebuilt since November.

"Richard Petty didn't hold back about the changes at Legacy Motor Club, saying he doesn't have much input in the direction of the race team since Jimmie Johnson ...

Jimmie Johnson is left hugely disappointed by Legacy Motor Club co-owner and seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Richard Petty.

Post the race, maybe he can sit down with Richard Petty and think about a solution going forward before things get out of hand. Jimmie Johnson is looking good with his comeback and currently needs Petty’s backing. “Those are details that are just not my place to say. He’s basically going to wind up running the show in four or five years completely,” he said. We probably agree on about 50% of what it really comes down to.” [Speaking in an interview recently](https://apnews.com/article/sports-nascar-racing-auto-jimmie-johnson-richard-petty-337a41d3104c84f730a7e2543556a508?utm_medium=AP_Sports&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter), Richard Petty expressed how he has very little say in how things are run at LMC these days.

Petty spoke about Johnson's rise to power after the champion driver became a co-owner of Legacy Motor Club (former Petty GMS Motorsports) in November.

Johnson returned to NASCAR in November as co-owner and a part-time driver of the renamed Legacy Motor Club after a two-year stint in IndyCar. "He's basically going to wind up running the show in four or five years completely," Petty said. Johnson, 47, qualified for Sunday's Daytona 500, but his time as a NASCAR driver is drawing to a close. "Jimmie's thinking further ahead with his crew and came up with a new name." His way of running things and my way of running things are probably a little bit different. "Most of the time, I ran the majority of the show.