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Jimmie had a good showing @ Texas, bringing his car home in 6th.

What this guy is doing is truly inspirational. He's showing us that it's never too late to follow your dreams. He easily could've retired completely from auto racing, but instead he chose to do what he loves.

I'm not a huge fan of Indycars, I think they're too dangerous. That said, I respect JJ for doing what he loves.

He's a hall of famer & the most talented racer of his generation. My hats off to Jimmie.
 
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I can understand JJ's reluctance to drive ovals his first season, but darned if it doesn't look like he shouldn't have waited. He was fifth until the last lap, and that wasn't due just to attrition and pit crew performance. He made at least a dozen green flag passes in the second half of the race .
 
JJ_14 said:
Jimmie had a good showing @ Texas, bringing his car home in 6th.

What this guy is doing is truly inspirational. He's showing us that it's never too late to follow your dreams. He easily could've retired completely from auto racing, but instead he chose to do what he loves.

I'm not a huge fan of Indycars, I think they're too dangerous. That said, I respect JJ for doing what he loves.

He's a hall of famer & the most talented racer of his generation. My hats off to Jimmie.
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I firmly believe JJ was the most talented driver of his generation as well, and that includes contemporaries like Kyle Busch, Tony Stewart and Kyle Larson.

Maybe it's because he sort of just plopped into Gordon's cup car after virtually no stock car experience and no Busch series hype, but even during his success, it always baffles me how he never got the hype of being a generational talent.

Wasn't he basically to the off road world what Larson was to sprint cars?

The dude won everything. Won junior championships on dirt bikes, won like 6 off road championships in those trucks by the time he was 21, and did it against off road legends.

Was quite in the early pavement years, and as soon as he got an opportunity, he dominated the cup series for 15 years.

Guys like Kyle Busch had a lot of flair to their style, but in terms of success, ability, and talent even, I've always saw him and everyone else a step below JJ.

He's one of the best race car drivers of all time. Period.

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jaqua19 said:
I firmly believe JJ was the most talented driver of his generation as well, and that includes contemporaries like Kyle Busch, Tony Stewart and Kyle Larson.

Maybe it's because he sort of just plopped into Gordon's cup car after virtually no stock car experience and no Busch series hype, but even during his success, it always baffles me how he never got the hype of being a generational talent.

Wasn't he basically to the off road world what Larson was to sprint cars?

The dude won everything. Won junior championships on dirt bikes, won like 6 off road championships in those trucks by the time he was 21, and did it against off road legends.

Was quite in the early pavement years, and as soon as he got an opportunity, he dominated the cup series for 15 years.

Guys like Kyle Busch had a lot of flair to their style, but in terms of success, ability, and talent even, I've always saw him and everyone else a step below JJ.

He's one of the best race car drivers of all time. Period.

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Some have him as THE greatest of all time, ahead of Petty. I don't think that idea is far-fetched at all. He did his thing during the peak of NASCAR, while Petty did his before the modern era.
 
jaqua19 said:
I firmly believe JJ was the most talented driver of his generation as well, and that includes contemporaries like Kyle Busch, Tony Stewart and Kyle Larson.

Maybe it's because he sort of just plopped into Gordon's cup car after virtually no stock car experience and no Busch series hype, but even during his success, it always baffles me how he never got the hype of being a generational talent.

Wasn't he basically to the off road world what Larson was to sprint cars?

The dude won everything. Won junior championships on dirt bikes, won like 6 off road championships in those trucks by the time he was 21, and did it against off road legends.

Was quite in the early pavement years, and as soon as he got an opportunity, he dominated the cup series for 15 years.

Guys like Kyle Busch had a lot of flair to their style, but in terms of success, ability, and talent even, I've always saw him and everyone else a step below JJ.

He's one of the best race car drivers of all time. Period.

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Yes, he's been great in everything he's been in (save for Xfinity, where he still did decent). I think the issue why he wasn't in the "most talented overall" discussion was because the series he raced in as a young man were relatively obscure. Compared to Tony Stewart winning in IRL, Silver Crown, Chili Bowl, etc.

If JJ can get a couple Indycar wins he'll definitely be in the Foyt/Stewart/Andretti/Montoya category for overall motorsports talent.
 
JJ_14 said:
Some have him as THE greatest of all time, ahead of Petty. I don't think that idea is far-fetched at all. He did his thing during the peak of NASCAR, while Petty did his before the modern era.
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He's kind of like Tiger Woods, maybe someone like Jack Nicklaus had better overall career numbers, but from 2006-2013 he was arguably better than anyone ever. 48 wins and 6 titles? Get out of here with that
 
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