The Old Number 48 Won't Be NASCAR Champ .... Finally!
You might not have noticed - but being South Carolinians, you probably have - but the NASCAR season ends today. The battle is between perpetually unshaven and foulmouthed Tony 'Smoke' Stewart, and backflipping Dudley DoRight clone, Carl Edwards - and those two alone. Yes, for the first time in six years, Jimmie Johnson will not be Champ, and we're kinda happy about it.....
To give you an idea of how long Johnson has been defending champ, think of it this way: Johnson has been champ longer than THIS BLOG has existed! Yep, by a whole 3 1/2 weeks.... I've done over 3200 posts - all under the shade of a Jimmie Johnson. Wait, Johnson first won in 2006. Nevermind, but that's a pretty long time to blog, or to hold the NASCAR crown. I was at Cale Yarborough Honda when Johnson broke Cale's record of three staright titles, and Mr. Y was NOT a happy camper...
Mo, we have nothing against Jimmie. He's a nice guy, almost to a fault. He deserves everything he's earned, but we do think that a seemingly neverending Johnson reigh has hurt the sport a bit? Yeah.. Week to week was decent, but he who holds the crown is what mattered, and it got a bit dull. The golden age of sport is not when Joe Louis, The Yankees or Celtics were winning title after title after title - it's when a couple or a few competitors lock horns for years, and some win, some lose: Cowboys-49ers, Petty-Pearson, Islanders-Oilers (that was a LONG time ago)....
Jimmie will regroup and come back, or he'll decide he's done the almost impossible, and slowly collect a check and do something else. Our bet is on the first one, but it nice to see NASCAR share the wealth. Our money (and NASCAR's hope) is on Edwards today. He's up a few points - and 14 places in the starting gate. Tony will be there, and it'll be fun. More fun than six staright would have been....
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1 comment:
Jimmy Johnson's a good driver but he couldn't hold a candle to Cale.
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