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Grand-Am: Cup Champ Johnson will race Rolex 24 at Daytona

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Khatir Soltani
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Reigning three-time Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson will return to GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing for the 2009 Rolex 24 at Daytona, reuniting this year's all-star line-up of Johnson and fellow champions Alex Gurney, Jon Fogarty and Jimmy Vasser.


The season-opening Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series race takes place at Daytona International Speedway on Jan. 24-25.

GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing's drivers finished second in the 2008 Rolex 24 and will return in 2009 with the same team and key crew personnel. The team is back with the No. 99 Pontiac Riley.

NASCAR star Jimmie Johnson also finished second in the 2005 Rolex 24 in a Howard/Boss Motorsports Pontiac Crawford.
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Khatir Soltani
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