Garage 56 NASCAR Overcomes Late Drama to Complete Le Mans 24, Earns Praise from Johnson and Button

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Garage 56 NASCAR Overcomes Late Drama to Complete Le Mans 24, Earns Praise from Johnson and Button
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Jimmie Johnson, Jenson Button, and Mike Rockenfeller completed the Le Mans 24 Hours race in 39th position, driving a modified NASCAR Cup Next Gen Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 run by Hendrick Motorsports. The one-off entry was to celebrate 75 years of NASCAR and was inspired by NASCAR founder Bill France Sr, who brought two stock cars to Le Mans for the 1976 edition of the race. The team achieved their goal of finishing the race running at the end and not being last.

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