posted by Zagnut on Nov 18
What a great end to a great season of NASCAR!!!!!!!!!
Holding on to a 86 point lead with one race to go is probably not very nerve wracking, except when the driver chasing you is your teammate, car owner, and friend, Jeff Gordon. The outcome was rarely in doubt today as they ran the 247 laps at Homestead. Only a few tense moments for Jimmy and Chad and the crew. As usual they handled the pressure great and capped off a championship year.
I’ll tip my hat to Jeff Gordon. Never did he beat the drums of “robbed by points system again!!”. Under the old system he would have coasted to his 6th Championship to move within one of Petty and Earnhart. While I do think the system needs some tweaks, I don’t believe anyone can complain about the outcome. They didn’t change the rules in the middle of the season, everyone knew how this was going to play out….
Now the sad part is waiting until February and the start of the first full schedule with the Car of Tomorrow (COT) now the Car of Today. With the points resetting and starting again at zero every Nascar fan has only a couple of months to get their story straight for the next season. The teams will get to spend the holiday’s with their friends and families and get back to work for another grueling 36 race season.
For Jimmy and the 48 team they will concentrate on how to run the same for the COT, for Jeff and the 24 how do we get and stay ahead of the 48, for the rest of the teams How do we catch up to the Hendrick Teams?
Congratulations Jimmy on the Championship!! and Jeff small consolation in a record 30 top 10’s for the year!! Great job to two of Nascar’s best drivers and teams!!!!