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In The Pits: Action Express lifts curtain at Road Atlanta

Jimmie Johnson speaks to a fan alongside his teammates Simon Pagenaud of France, center, and Kamui Kobayashi of Japan, left, ahead of the 10-hour Petit Le Mans endurance race at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Ga., Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Jenna Fryer) Felipe Nasr, left, of Brazil leads the field to the green flag at the start of the Petit Le Mans auto race, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021, at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia. The 10-hour race is the IMSA season finale and will decide five class championships. (AP Photo/Jenna Fryer) Felipe Nasr poses next to the No. 31 Cadillac car after winning the pole for the Petit Le Mans auto race at Road Atlanta, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021, in Braselton, Ga. The Action Express team needs to beat Wayne Taylor Racing in Saturday’s 10-hour race to win the IMSA WeatherTech championship. (AP Photo/Jenna Fryer) Kamui Kobayashi of Japan studies the autograph card of his Action Express teammates ahead of the 10-hour Petit Le Mans endurance race at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Ga., Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. (AP Phnoto/Jenna Fryer) Brazilian drivers Pipo Derani, center, and Felipe Nasr are interviewed after winning the IMSA sports car DPi championship on Saturday night, Nov. 13, 2021, at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Ga.. The No. 31 Cadillac fielded by Action Express needed to beat Wayne Taylor Racing in the Petit Le Mans to win the championship. The fight went down to the final turn of the 10-hour race. (AP Photo/Jenna Fryer) Jim France, center, chairman of both NASCAR and the IMSA sports car series, takes a photograph of Brazilian steaks being grilled at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Ga., on Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. France is owner of Action Express Racing, which competed in the Petit Le Mans last weekend at Road America. (AP Photo/Jenna Fryer) Indianapolis 500 winner and IndyCar champion Simon Pagenaud rides a scooter through the paddock on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021, at the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia. (AP Photo/Jenna Fryer) Kamui Kobayashi, left foreground, and Jimmie Johnson talk after Kobayashi qualified the No. 48 Cadillac for the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta on Friday, Nov. 12, 2021, in Braselton, Georgia. Johnson, Kobayashi and Simon Pagenaud teamed together for the 10-hour endurance race. (AP Photo/Jenna Fryer) Jimmie Johnson, left, listens to crew chief Chad Knaus, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021, at Road Atlanta Raceway in Braselton, Georgia. Johnson and Knaus won a record-tying seven NASCAR championships together before their relationship fractured and they split in 2019 after 17 seasons together. The two have been reunited by work four times this season as Knaus has run a sports car team that Johnson and Hendrick Motorsports put together in partnership with Action Express in four IMSA endurance sports car races this year. Both say their relationship is currently in a good place. (AP Photo/Jenna Fryer)
In The Pits: Action Express lifts curtain at Road Atlanta