dpkimmel2001
Team Owner
I gotta stop this. I'm starting to sound like a Johnson fan......
Heck, you had me convinced. I think they make a pill for that.
I gotta stop this. I'm starting to sound like a Johnson fan......
I ain't pulling for him, but at this point, I just don't think theres much denying it....don't want to lull myself into a false sense of reality, ya know what I mean?just a bigger let down when it happens.
MoMike
Let me guess, you're hoping the 48 get caught up in that wreck, right?![]()
I know pretty funny!! Kyle finishing 2nd, moved up 4 positions in the points = self destruction
Brad who?????
LOL!!! I promise, I don't own any HMS merchandise. If I did, it'd be Mark Martin.It's too late for you to be saved.My work here is done. Unsuccessfully, I might add.
LOL!!! I promise, I don't own any HMS merchandise. If I did, it'd be Mark Martin.
MoMike
Did you happen to catch that clip Saturday, of him visiting his home town out in CA? I got a few chuckles out of it.MoMike..... There are some great buys on Double J gear @ ebay.
I'm just sayin'
Did you happen to catch that clip Saturday, of him visiting his home town out in CA? I got a few chuckles out of it.
Yeah, one of them deals. It was good though. There was a good one on Harry Gant a week or so ago too.I only saw that it was on and caught the very end of it. A Day in the Life type piece?
Yeah, one of them deals. It was good though. There was a good one on Harry Gant a week or so ago too.
Wow, for the first time The Chase may actually come down to the wire!
1. Jimmie Johnson ... 6,149 points
2. Denny Hamlin ... 14 points behind Johnson
3. Kevin Harvick ... 38 points behind Johnson
OK, so let's look at the final laps.
On the restart with 4 laps to go ... Johnson was 2nd, Harvick was 13th and Hamlin was 18th.
With two laps to go ... Harvick was 2nd, Hamlin was 10th and Johnson was 18th.
At the finish: Harvick was 2nd, Johnson was 7th and Hamlin was 9th.
OK, so what does this mean?
In the last two laps Johnson went from 18th to 7th _ that's gaining 37 points. Think about that. Harvick trails Johnson by 38 points. Imagine if Johnson had stayed 18th and Harvick and Hamlin finished where they did.
That said, Harvick went from 13th to 2nd in the last 4 laps. That's a gain of 46 points. That's with a car with its front looking like the nose of a boxer after Marcos Ambrose had spun in front of Harvick earlier in the race and Harvick hit him.
As for Hamlin, he didn't move much. A key, he said, was that he had Mark Martin pushing him but when they passed Johnson, Martin's help went way. It's understandable. As Hamlin said: "As soon as we passed the 48, he stopped pushing and that's teamwork. That's what I would expect of a teammate. We were in a bad spot. We weren't around our teammates when it counted right there at the end.''
Anyway, just think of those moments as these final 3 races play out. Big point swings in the final laps and that could be key as this Chase progresses.
So, we're pretty much down to three drivers and three races left.
Here's a few stats on how each have done at the last three tracks (Texas, Phoenix and Homestead)
Jimmie Johnson has 5 wins at those tracks with 19 top 5s and 28 top 10s in 37 starts.
Denny Hamlin has 2 wins at those tracks with 12 top 5s and 16 top 10s in 25 starts.
Kevin Harvick has 2 wins at those tracks with 10 top 5s and 20 top 10s in 39 starts.
Dear Sam Hornish,
Please and thank you.
Signed, Your fans as of Jimmie not winning #5.
I'd be one of the first in line @ Sam's souvenir hauler to get my new Hornish hat & shirt!![]()
Hornish would never do it, if he did Nascar would drop the banhammer (Internet reference, look it up) on him.