I don't understand why you think Kasey requires an "excuse." He had a bad chase last year plain and simple....so did Carl Edwards who somehow finished worse than Kasey. Jr had a good Chase. The year prior yes Jr finished 12th partially because of a concussion but do you really think he would have beat Kasey's 4th place in the standings that year? Kasey was better than him all year. Also, look back at the history - Jr has had some REALLY bad points finishes as well. There was one year the other Hendrick cars finished 1-2-3 in the points and he was in the 20's. And let's not forget - there was not point since 2006 that Jr was in equipment that was not worse than Kasey's but Kasey spent some of those years in a bad ride that no one else can win in. The year prior to that Kasey was in inferior eqipment at Red Bull and had he made The Chase he ran good enough during it to finish third. The bottom line is this.....neither Kasey or Junior have ever really put an eitire season together to be a cahpionship threat. You talk abiout Jr. like he is a contender all the time. He has not finished in the top 5 in points since 2006. He has 3 total wins from 2006 - current. In that same time frame Kasey has 15. For a person who supposedly likes Kasey you are sure quick to down him for no apparent reason. Also, I have no idea what you mean by "bloodfued." I am just stating fact.
LOL. It's all good, man. Like I said, I was essentially just trolling you in the second paragraph of my post that you quoted. I do like Kasey, and I'm more with the Kahneaanites in this thread than the Kahne detractors. I was one of the few that defended him when everybody on here jumped down his throat for not dumping Kenseth last year for a win. Your side made it personal by going after my man Junior, though, so naturally I had to respond by attacking Kahne. An eye for an eye.
That was a good rebuttal. I just have one small correction to make. You claimed that Junior hasn't finished in the top 5 in points since 2006, and you were almost correct. He actually finished fifth last year, with 10 top 5s and 22 top 10s.
As for my counter-rebuttal, in 2011 he finished just outside the top 5 in 7th (that was the year where he finally started to get himself together). In 2012 he had the same number of top 5s and only two fewer top 10s than he did in 2013, and he had a higher average finish in 2012, so who knows what would have happened if not for that concussion? Would he have passed Kahne for fourth? Maybe not, but we'll never know.
Sure, Kahne wins more than Junior, but Junior is more consistent than Kahne. Between the two of them, Junior has had the higher average finish over the last few years, even since Kahne started driving the 5 car in 2012. (In 2012 he had a 10.9 to Kahne's 13.1, and in 2013 he had a 12.6 to Kahne's 16.2.) If Kahne ever does develop any consistency, he'll truly be a force to be reckoned with. As of now, he's good, but streaky, just as Junior is good but doesn't win in bunches.
