The pull of driver vs. owner responsibility Johnson wrestled with for two years at last had a decisive winner. “I still want to be behind the wheel,” Johnson said, “but it’s really … I need to come here with a different agenda.” Johnson stayed true to tightening his commitment at Legacy Motor Club, and is now the majority owner under an offseason restructuring in which a private equity firm bought into the Cup Series team. He’s Legacy’s final boss, and yeah, the 49-year-old seven-time NASCAR champion still knows how to turn a fast lap, locking himself this week into Sunday’s Daytona 500 in the first round of qualifying.