NASCAR Texas 2018: Starting grid, lineup for O’Reilly Auto Parts 500

Jimmie Johnson has just one top-10 finish so far in 2018, but will try to get back on track at a race track where he has won seven times before. Johnson will start in ninth position on Sunday at the O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 in Fort Worth, Texas.

The seven-time NASCAR champion finished ninth in Fontana three weeks ago but that is his only top-10 finish of 2018. He is a two-time winner of the O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 but has also won the AAA Texas 500 five times, also held at Texas Motor Speedway.

Johnson’s current 29-race streak without a win is the longest drought of his career.

“Retirement hasn’t been on my mind,” Johnson said two weeks ago in Martinsville. “I want to win. I want to win an eighth championship. It’s really my desire to compete and to compete at a high level. I’m not done yet.”

Kurt Busch has the pole position on Sunday.

Fox Sports 1 will televise Sunday’s race beginning at 2 p.m. ET, with the green flag at approximately 2:10 p.m.; online streaming will be available through Fox Sports Go.