Legacy Motor Club adds Bryce Harper, Kelly Slater to new ownership group
NXTbets Pro | Published On: July 30, 2026
Legacy ownership group expands
Jimmie Johnson unveiled a new strategic ownership group for Legacy Motor Club, and the move brings a larger cross-section of names into the team’s investor base. Legacy Motor Club added Bryce Harper, Chase Utley, Kelly Slater, Andy Roddick, Scott Dixon, Dario Franchitti, Tony Kanaan, Sam Byrne and Jen Rubio as additional investors. Darius Rucker and Guy Fieri were already part of the group. Johnson remains the majority owner, and Legacy Motor Club stays co-owned by Johnson and Knighthead Capital Management. Johnson said the ownership group now includes 27 total investors, with 16 still unnamed. The announcement gives Legacy a broader list of backers without changing the fact that Johnson still sits at the center of the operation. It also shows the scale of the project. This is not a small cluster of passive investors. It is a wide ownership group built around people with experience in competition, leadership and innovation, which is the mix Johnson said he wanted when he put the group together.
Legacy ownership goals
Johnson said the group was assembled to help Legacy become something fundamentally different in motorsports and culture. He said the structure is not a traditional ownership model. That point sits at the heart of the announcement. Legacy Motor Club is not presenting this as a routine capital move or a simple celebrity addition. It is presenting it as a reset in how the team wants to operate and grow. The club said the ownership group is meant to help build a modern organization, one that can compete on track while also expanding through media, partnerships, hospitality and fan experience. Those goals make the announcement bigger than the list of investors alone. They point to a team that wants to widen its reach and use the ownership group as part of that push. Johnson’s comments tie the project together. He described a group built for more than funding, a group built to shape the future of the brand and the business. The language around the announcement shows that Legacy wants the investor group to support the racing program and the larger identity of the organization at the same time.
Legacy racing program
Legacy Motor Club’s current Cup Series lineup gives that plan a working base. The team fields two full-time Cup Series cars for Erik Jones and John Hunter Nemechek, and Johnson enters a third car at select events. That structure gives Legacy a steady presence in the series while keeping the team owner involved on track when he chooses to race. It also gives the ownership group a clear sporting platform to support. The team can point to a full-time operation with two drivers it runs every week, then add Johnson’s part-time entry as part of the broader identity of the organization. That matters because the club’s stated goals reach beyond the garage. Legacy wants to keep building as a modern organization while competing on the track and growing its business footprint in areas such as media, partnerships, hospitality and fan experience. The new investors fit that direction. The group now brings together a larger set of voices around a team that already has an established Cup Series presence. Johnson keeps control as majority owner, Knighthead remains in the mix and the roster of investors now stretches to 27. That combination gives Legacy a wider ownership base as it tries to turn its race team into something bigger than a standard stock car operation.
