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Jimmie Johnson to compete in IndyCar iRacing Challenge opener

AUTO: FEB 10 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series - Advance Auto Parts Clash

DAYTONA, FL - FEBRUARY 10: Jimmie Johnson, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet Camaro Ally (48) during the running of the Advance Auto Parts Clash on February 10, 2019 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida (Photo by Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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Jimmie Johnson, who has expressed an interest in running on a road course in the NTT IndyCar Series after this season, will race against IndyCar drivers in the IndyCar iRacing Challenge at a virtual Watkins Glen International.

The race will be 4 p.m. ET Saturday and streamed at indycar.com and also on IndyCar’s YouTube page and Facebook as well as iRacing’s Twitch. The NBC broadcasting team of Leigh Diffey, Townsend Bell and Paul Tracy will call the action. The entry list of 25 drivers includes Josef Newgarden, Simon Pagenaud and Will Power.

Johnson stated before this season that this would be his final season racing NASCAR Cup full-time. He was to have tested April 6 for Arrow McLaren at Barber Motorsports Park before that was scrubbed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

For more on this story go to Motor Sports Talk.