NASCAR legend Jimmie Johnson retires from full-time racing

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Jimmie Johnson won the NASCAR Cup Series championship seven times and made his way to Victory Lane 83 times during his illustrious career.

On Monday, he revealed he was retiring from racing full-time. He told the Associated Press he believes his future will have about 10 bucket-list events left but had no idea when that time would come. Johnson, 47, added he is choosing so spend more time with his family.

"It's been an interesting process to feel so fulfilled with the experience and then also try to make a decision," Johnson told the AP. "In the big scheme of things, there is so much life-planning going on with the kids. We've always had an idea of trying to live abroad for a year or two. We love Colorado and want to spend more time there, and there's just so much swirling personally and professionally that I just wanted to take some time and make the decision not on the back of a positive or negative experience on the racetrack."

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Jimmie Johnson speaks about joining the team of Chip Ganassi for the IndyCar series at a press conference during the IndyCar race weekend in St. Petersburg, Florida, Oct. 24, 2020.  (AP Photo/Mike Carlson, File)

Johnson’s last full-time season with NASCAR came in 2020 and began racing on the IndyCars series for Chip Ganassi Racing in 2021. He raced only the street and road courses in that first season before adding the ovals to a full schedule in 2022.

He finished fifth at Iowa and led two laps at the Indianapolis 500 before crashing out.

"I do have a desire to go back, it's just at this point, I know what's required to do a full schedule, and I don't have that in