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Jimmie Johnson will make his Indianapolis 500 presentation this season yet in the TV corner and not on the course 

ByThe Associated Press 

May 4, 2021, 5:45 PM 

• 2 min read 

INDIANAPOLIS - Jimmie Johnson will make his first Indianapolis 500 beginning this year all things considered — with the TV team, not on the course. 

NBC Sports said Tuesday it will utilize Johnson for studio inclusion of the Indianapolis 500 on both race day and qualifying end of the week. 

The seven-time NASCAR champion is currently an IndyCar tenderfoot running just the street and road courses, a choice that has sidelined Johnson for the four ovals on the timetable including the Indianapolis 500. He's at no other time gone to an Indy 500. 

"To say I am energized for May in Indianapolis is putting it mildly," Johnson said. "I totally can't stand by to take everything in." 

Johnson made his IndyCar debut a month ago in Alabama and has finished two races on the timetable. He races the street course at Indianapolis on May 15 and afterward will change into a TV expert for "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing." 

Johnson will work from the "Peacock Pit Box" close by NBC Sports expert Steve Letarte, who additionally will make his Indy 500 presentation. Letarte essentially chips away at NBC's NASCAR inclusion and prior this season got back to his old occupation as Cup team boss for one race with Spire Motorsports. 

Inclusion of the May 30 race will again by moored in the studio by NBC Sports have Mike Tirico, who will be joined by Danica Patrick for a third successive year. Patrick is the primary lady to lead laps at Indianapolis and the principal lady to acquire a best five completion. 

"I anticipate the experience all the more consistently. Indeed, it's like the manner in which it felt driving, over the long haul, the gravity of the occasion gets more prominent," she said. 

The race will be required the third successive year by NBC Sports' lead IndyCar group of Leigh Diffey, Townsend Bell and Paul Tracy in the stall, with pit columnists Marty Snider, Kelli Stavast and Kevin Lee.  토토사이트

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Will be essential for the pre-race inclusion and motorsports correspondent Rutledge Wood will give nearby reports around the speedway. NBC Sports' Jac Collinsworth will make his Indy 500 introduction as host of pre-race inclusion on NBCSN. 

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