Bryce Harper, Andy Roddick And Other Investors Join Jimmie Johnson's NASCAR Team

Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson is adding immoderate big-time winners to his contention team.

Johnson announced a strategical ownership radical for Legacy Motor Club connected Thursday that includes title athletes, Grammy Award winners, entrepreneurs, investors, motorsport greats and taste leaders. Johnson remains the team's bulk owner.

The Legacy investors see six-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon, four-time IndyCar champion Dario Franchitti, two-time National League MVP Bryce Harper, Indianapolis 500 victor Tony Kanaan, erstwhile U.S. Open champion Andy Roddick, 11-time surfing satellite champion Kelly Slater and six-time MLB All-Star Chase Utley.

The radical besides includes three-time Grammy Award victor Darius Rucker, Emmy Award-winning cook Guy Fieri, Amway co-founder Jen Rubio and CrossHarbor Capital co-founder Sam Byrne.

"This is not a accepted ownership group," Johnson said successful a statement. "It is simply a postulation of radical who recognize competition, leadership, innovation, storytelling and however enduring organizations are built. They travel from antithetic worlds but stock a communal belief: that Legacy tin go thing fundamentally antithetic wrong motorsports and culture."

The ownership radical reflects Legacy's ambition to physique a modern motorsports enactment that competes astatine the highest level connected the way portion gathering relevance crossed media, partnerships, hospitality and instrumentality experience.

"Great organizations are built by radical who recognize what it takes to triumph — but besides what it takes to build," Johnson said. "The caliber, diverseness and position of this radical talk straight to wherever Legacy is headed."

Johnson and Knighthead Capital Management co-own Legacy, which fields 2 full-time cars successful the Cup Series. Erik Jones and John Hunter Nemechek thrust for Legacy, which besides fields a 3rd introduction astatine immoderate events for Johnson.

Reporting by The Associated Press.