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As a team owner, Johnson is a stabilizing figure for the two-car organization of Erik Jones and Noah Gragson. The two-time Daytona 500 champion turns 48 this year, and is a mentor for Gragson - who has the wattage to be a superstar but struggled with maturity issues during his climb into a Cup ride.
Although Petty won the Daytona 500 seven times, the last Petty-owned car to win the Daytona 500 was in 1979. Johnson has the organization in the conversation for Sunday. Racing at Daytona requires deliberate bump drafting and it’s an aggressive race in which the stakes are higher than a typical Sunday.
Hamlin finished ninth in his qualifying race and the entire Toyota fleet sat out of Saturday’s practice. Both the Ford and Chevy camps seemed both fast and organized - Hendrick Chevys Bowman and Kyle Larson start on the front row, Ford drivers Joey Logano and Aric Almirola start on the second - but Hamlin still likes his chances.IndyCar driver Conor Daly and action sports star Travis Pastrana make their Daytona 500 debuts in a twist of fate for the good friends.
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