The transition from the NASCAR Cup Series to IndyCar has required Johnson to roll up his sleeves, dig in and get to work. Yet when the day is done, the 45-year-old is struggling to find a shirt that actually fits him anymore.
“There’s no chance I can button my dress shirts and put a tie on right now,” Johnson said, with a laugh. “I need to update my wardrobe.”
Once called a fitness freak in a firesuit, Johnson has changed his body significantly and radically shifted his mindset as he makes the perilous leap from stock car to open-wheel racing, continuing with Sunday’s stop at the Firestone Grand Prix of St.