The Yellow Stripe: ABJ (Anyone But Johnson) – Who Would Be the Best 2010 NASCAR Champion?
I’ve been thinking – sensibly – about who would be the best champion for NASCAR this year?
Danny starts his 12th year with Frontstretch in 2018, writing the Tuesday signature column 5 Points To Ponder. An English transplant living in San Francisco, by way of New York City, he’s had an award-winning marketing career with some of the biggest companies sponsoring sports. Working with racers all over the country, his freelance writing has even reached outside the world of racing to include movie screenplays.
I’ve been thinking – sensibly – about who would be the best champion for NASCAR this year?
Sunday’s AAA Texas 500 was an absolute barnstormer of a NASCAR race – an instant classic – some of the best competition we’ve had all year, without question.
While the big boys fight it out for the giant check and ornate trophy, there are plenty of other drivers already wondering about what next year will bring.
There was plenty of chatter in the week leading up to Martinsville that even though the No. 11 and the No. 29 teams were mathematically close to the No. 48 in points, the season was already careening inevitably to a fifth straight Jimmie Johnson title triumph
With the field set, you can guarantee that a quick glance at the Jayski article/links page will show 99.9% of stories are all about the hallowed NASCAR playoff format.
I have to feel that NASCAR is considering expanding the remit of the Chase – possibly to as many as 12 or 15 races.
Richard Childress, NASCAR team owner, pointed out, “Somebody’s got to beat Jimmie [Johnson] this year, and it might as well be RCR.”
When NASCAR’s head honcho Brian France announced there would be “impactful” changes to the 2011 Cup schedule, I permitted myself to get excited.
Elliott Sadler had the very definition of a hero-to-zero weekend.
When the invite to a track day at Pocono Raceway came through from the folks at NASCAR, it was entitled, “Danny ‘Fireball’ Peters to strap in at Pocono.