Adopting that type of personality may be the only way the perennially positive seven-time NASCAR Cup champ will succeed in the IndyCar ranks.
Johnson will have to be more aggressive and more fiery than he ever was in NASCAR. While many of his new open-wheel peers are respectful of Johnson’s achievements in stock car racing, he’s now playing in their house and, no pun intended, on their turf. R-E-S-P-E-C-T
And forget about IndyCar being a more gentile, gentlemanly form of motorsport. While the drivers may be all smiles outside of their race cars, behind the wheel they’re more cut-throat than any Cup drivers Johnson had to contend with.
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