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Jimmie Johnson has returned home many times in the quarter-century since he headed east to pursue a NASCAR racing career.<\/p>\n

Read more \u2018SVG\u2019 the driver to beat as San Diego hosts first-ever NASCAR Cup race on Sunday<\/a><\/p>\n

But the El Cajon native pointed out Saturday morning that returning this weekend to race in the NASCAR San Diego Weekend addressed an item on his bucket list that he didn\u2019t even know existed.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo way I ever saw this happening, so it\u2019s not something I can say I thought about,\u201d Johnson said from Naval Base Coronado.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s really wise for NASCAR to do this event with the Navy. I hope it\u2019s not a one-and-done. I think this weekend is great for NASCAR, the Navy and San Diego. I hope we\u2019ll be returning. There are so many fans who are part of the racing culture in San Diego, from off-road racing to the early years of motocross.<\/p>\n

\u201cSan Diego and the Navy are interwoven. They have cooperated to create a great event. Everyone benefits. For me, this is one of the highlights of this year. It is important for our sport to be in Southern California. I hope this event stays on the calendar. The cooperation between the Navy and NASCAR has been great.\u201d<\/p>\n

Johnson is well-versed in both disciplines. He is one of three seven-time champions in the history of NASCAR, standing alongside legends Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt.<\/p>\n

And his grandparents were all in the Navy and are buried at Fort Rosecrans. One grandfather served on an aircraft carrier, a predecessor to the U.S.S. Carl Vinson that Johnson and his peers have been racing past this weekend.<\/p>\n

While his shoreside time as a youth was spent more at Pacific Beach and Mission Beach than Coronado, Johnson remembers walking along San Diego Bay and viewing the carriers parked along Coronado.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s been a while since I\u2019ve been home,\u201d said Johnson. \u201cI didn\u2019t get back to El Cajon this time. But when I was driving around, memories came flooding back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Johnson\u2019s weekend as a driver has been a bit rougher.<\/p>\n

On Friday, he finished 30th in the Craftsman Trucks race after turning in the fourth-fastest practice and qualifying laps and leading two laps early in the race\u2019s second stage. And on Saturday, Johnson qualified 36th among the 39 starters for Sunday\u2019s feature.<\/p>\n

Read more Austin Hill scores first O\u2019Reilly Series win at Naval Base Coronado<\/a><\/p>\n

Johnson was a victim of aggressive, younger drivers in the trucks race. He was still running as high as second and third with 17 laps to go when he was twice spun out from behind after pitting. Johnson was running on a strategy that had him making one less pit stop than his rivals.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt might have been a winning strategy,\u201d said Johnson. \u201cWe\u2019ll never know. A lot of drivers in the pack were doing some very aggressive things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s race is the penultimate start of Johnson\u2019s NASCAR Cup career. But he\u2019s not finished as a racer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not against running a truck again,\u201d he said. \u201cI had so much fun (Friday). I\u2019m looking into a few other championships to dabble in. I\u2019m trying to find a balance of things I can run. But these Cup cars are so tough. They are impossible to figure out for someone not racing week after week. They are quite a handful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Positive demographics<\/h4>\n

NASCAR announced some interesting preliminary numbers for the San Diego Weekend:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Californians purchased 60% of the tickets for Saturday\u2019s and Sunday\u2019s races. But the 40% of out-of-state tickets included buyers from all 50 states plus 17 countries.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Nearly 40% of the ticket buyers were female, which is 11 percentage points more than other NASCAR events.<\/p>\n

\u2022 More than two-thirds of the attendees \u2014 67% \u2014 are experiencing their first NASCAR race.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The turnout of Hispanic attendees was nearly three times the regular NASCAR event.<\/p>\n

\u2022 San Diego is the seventh sellout of the 2026 NASCAR season, with ticket demand in most areas exceeding availability.<\/p>\n

Read more Wyndham Clark builds 6-shot U.S. Open lead at Shinnecock Hills<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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