Well, another season is over. It may not have been the best, but it was racing. We may have complained about a lot of things, but we at least had something to complain about. Now what do we do? We do the countdown…like all of us do every year. Today In Nascar History Nov. 23, 1975: Forty cars start the Los Angeles Times 500 at Ontario (Calif.) Motor Speedway, but only 14 cars finish the final race of the season. Buddy Baker wins the 200-lap race by 29.4 seconds over David Pearson. Dave Marcis, in third, is the only other car on the lead lap. Twenty cars drop out of the 500-mile race because of blown engines. Quote of the Year There's an unwritten rule in NASCAR: Thou shalt not take on Dale Earnhardt Jr. --Terry Blount/espn Countdown to Daytona 83 Matt McLaughlin's Thinkin' Out Loud Matt McLaughlin · Frontstretch. Homestead The Key Moment: Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin made quick work of Kurt Busch on the final restart, and Hamlin prevailed in the battle of the JGR teammates to drive to an uncontested win. In a Nutshell: With a whimper, not a bang, the 2009 Cup season finished, imploding upon itself with a very unpleasant sneezing and wheezing as the calliope collapsed to the ground. Dramatic Moment: Unfortunately, most of them occurred at the midpoint of Saturday's Nationwide race. Watching Juan Pablo Montoya run down Tony Stewart to deliver a little retribution off his front bumper. What They'll Be Talking About Around the Water Cooler This Week Has any other driver in NASCAR history ever won four consecutive titles? I don't think ESPN ever brought that point up. Seriously, ESPN tends to decide on storylines prior to the race, then spend the next three hours beating fans over the head with them. Some folks really dislike Rick Hendrick and I have my own doubts about how good one team's domination is for the sport (while holding him to a certain degree of affection for letting Tim Richmond reach his potential) but it surely does seem that Mr. Hendrick has had to face more personal tragedy than any mortal since Job. Thought and prayers go out to his niece and the Hendrick family as they are forced to face yet another challenge. Starting a stock car race on the east coast after 3:30 with weather threatening? Isn't that like the NFL holding the Super Bowl at 4:45 AM on a Tuesday? Nope, they're not going to do that. It would be stupid, simply stupid. Some highlights from ABC's pre-race Jimmie Johnson love fest. "My attorney is wearing his lucky shoes." "Drink the Kool-Aid." "Chad makes sure the crew has their shirts tucked in and they're polite…." Was anyone else feeling a little nauseous thinking about how much the sport has changed since Cale Yarborough won his three straight titles? The final TV ratings for last week's Phoenix race came in at 3.3 in the Nielsen rankings. Wow, ouch, Medic! It seems the Chase format isn't igniting fan fervor to quite the degree Brian France hoped. For the record, the Phoenix spring race drew a 3.6 rating. In 2007 this same race drew a 3.8. In 2005 it posted a solid 5.0. It's the economy, right? Balderdash. The race was on network TV. Even fans who couldn't travel to the track or who have canceled their cable TV contracts could have watched it for free. It didn't matter if you love Denny Hamlin or you loathe him, if you pull for Bad Brad Kesolowski or you'd like to see him eaten by a pack of Albino Snow Weasels, it was just flat out cool to see Hamlin make good on last week's promise to rattle Kesolwski's cage hard in Saturday's NW race by sending him spinning off his front bumper on lap 35. No innocent drivers were collected, and Hamlin accepted his one lap penalty for rough driving with a wink and a grin but no apology. Genuine human emotion and a dose of rivalry in NASCAR racing? Scotty beam me up. I've found myself back in the 1980s. There's the downside of branding a race weekend. During the Ford Championship weekend we watched two races and two titles claimed by Chevy drivers and the other race and title awarded to a Toyota pilot. I'm not sure Jimmie Johnson was thinking clearly when he decided to continue his burnout down a crowded pit road. What a tragedy it would have been had the car gotten out from under him and he'd driven into that crowd. It would have completely overshadowed a very notable accomplishment. Among those drivers who finished 2009 with a big goose egg in the win column, you find Carl Edwards (who won nine races last year) Greg Biffle, Jeff Burton, Kevin Harvick, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. If this season doesn't make NASCAR brass rethink this whole Chase mess, what will? C'mon, guys, it's time to ship the Chase off to the Island of Unwanted Toys. Much will be made of the fact that Jimmie Johnson broke Cale Yarborough's record for consecutive championships. But there will always be that footnote in blinking red neon letters that Johnson's four titles were under the Chase and Cale had to battle all year for his three championships. And let me ask you this: If you were in a house-clearing barroom brawl, who would you want to have your back, Johnson or Yarborough? Brian France held a press conference on Friday and used a whole lot of words to say a whole lot of nothing. Apparently, he's well satisfied with everything and says all the challenges the sport is facing can be dealt with without offering any specifics on to how he plans to deal with those challenges, be it flagging attendance at races, declining TV ratings, or the general malaise that is gripping the sport. To quote that Yoda-like bastion of wisdom, "2010 doesn't look to be an awfully lot better." Not what I wanted to hear. All is well, said the captain of the Titanic. Keep on dancing on the foredeck. We're only stopping by this iceberg to grab up some more ice cubes to keep the party rolling. Did it seem like the engines Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman were getting from Hendrick Motorsports once the Chase began lacked the oats of the mills under the hood of the 48, 24 and 5 cars? I hate racism. I hate it like I hate cancer. Cancer has claimed too many of my family members and friends, some as young as 17. Eventually it will claim me. I know how I'm going to die, just not when. But I hate reverse racism as well. Juan Pablo Montoya is a talented race car driver who has excelled in many disciplines in the sport ranging from F1 to NASCAR. I welcome his talent and his blunt personality with open arms. But all week, NASCAR has been trying to promote Montoya as the Second Coming to Hispanic (well I think the official line is "Latino") race fans. Well is it OK for white or black race fans to pull for the feisty, outspoken driver too? Is it OK for "Latino" fans to pull for Jeff Gordon, Carl Edwards, or Jimmie Johnson? I'm an American-Irish Catholic. Does that mean I have to root for a driver with the same heritage or am I free to root for whatever driver lights my fire? Given this week's promotion, NASCAR wants to go back to the Wendell Scott days when he had to sit out a race because the "colored" ambulance wasn't at the track. Last week it was reported Brian France and his legal team were trying hard to keep details of a lawsuit Brian filed against his former wife private. Mr. France's lawyer said if details of the case became public, it could do his client's reputation irreparable harm. Then, this week it was revealed that Jeremy Mayfield's lawyers are trying to depose the former Mrs. France. Am I seeing a relationship here? Then late yesterday afternoon I got an email from a person purporting to be in the employ of one of Mayfield's lawyers. She refused to give me a number and an extension so I could speak to her and this is the internet so it could have been a bored truck driver sitting in his trailer home trying to toss an Ozark in the cesspool. But this person claims (and had the legal jargon down cold) they want to discuss Brian France's own past or present substance abuse issues with his former wife. Throw some popcorn in the microwave and a six pack in the cooler. Watching this one play out could be more entertaining to watch than the 2009 Cup season. For fans who felt ESPN phoned in their portion of the 2009 Cup season, just remember the next time you watch a race FOX and most likely "Little Digger" will be back to annoy the crap out of you. Darrell Waltrip certainly will unless he goes out riding with his brother Michael during the off-season. That's one of the best things about Christmas. FOX sports doesn't cover Christmas. A note to Kyle Busch's girlfriend about *protocol during the National Anthem*….wrong hand, Hun. Tom Petty is from Florida. And a long time ago he summed up my feelings towards the 2009 Cup season and how I feel about all my loyal readers who have stayed with me and the sport this season despite the challenges. "And it's all over before you know it, and the days go by so fast, the bad times seem to last forever, and the good times they never seem to last, but wherever you are tonight, I wish you the best of everything, and I hope you found, whatever you were looking for." I want go way off the grid for a second and offer up something for my many readers from here in the Northeast Quadrant of the US of A, and fellow fans of the Boss. Trust me, this is so cool it makes up for watching a dozen boring NASCAR races. And if it doesn't get you up and dancing, have a registered nurse stop by and check your pulse. Long live the Boss and the Spectrum.:"http://www.youtube. The Hindenburg Award For Foul Fortune Marcos Ambrose led the race early and clearly had a strong car. Not long afterwards he cut down a tire, then he spun out on lap 81 and again on 108. Elliott Sadler wrecked his car in a bizarre pit road pileup during the fourth caution period. Jack Roush's Fords had won the last five Homestead Cup races. Sunday none of the organization's five drivers even led a lap. Mark Martin knew going into the day the odds were stacked against him to win the title but you have to believe he'd have liked a more competitive car to finish the season with. It was another trying afternoon for Dale Earnhardt Jr. who finished 28th after hitting the wall umpteen times. Earnhardt finished 25th in the standings while his three teammates finished first second and third. The "Seven Come Fore Eleven" Award For Fine Fortune Denny Hamlin had to overcome a 38th place starting spot en route to his fourth victory of the season. They closed out the season without a win, but Richard Childress Racing has been making major strides back towards respectability lately. Three drivers finishing in the top 11 was a pretty nice way to end the season. Kurt Busch and Pat Tryson ended their relationship on an upbeat note with a fourth straight finish. Bill Elliott ended his career with a solid sixteenth place finish in the lightly regarded Wood Brothers Ford. Worth Noting · Hamlin's win was his fourth of the season and second of the Chase. In five of those ten Chase races Hamlin finished first, second or third. His DNFs at Charlotte, Fontana and Talladega did in Hamlin's title hopes or he'd have been in the mix. · Jeff Burton finished out the year with four straight top 10 finishes and two straight runner up results. As it stands written in the Book of Bruce, "Man the dope is there's still hope." · Kevin Harvick (third) ended the season with top 5 finishes in two of the last three races. Those finishes account for two of the five top 5 finishes Harvick earned all season. · Kurt Busch (fourth) led nine of the ten Chase races. Even Jimmie Johnson only led eight Chase races. · Johnson did score top 10 finishes in nine of the ten Chase races. · Jeff Gordon (sixth) ends the season with 25 top 10 finishes in 36 races. A lot of seasons, that would have been good enough to win the title. Or it would have been before they invented Jimmie Johnson. · Kyle Busch's eighth place finish was his best since Martinsville. · A.J. Allmendinger (tenth) has average an 11th place finish in the three races he ran in Fords to end the season. I don't know if his car was running the Ecoboost engine but it had to be an ego-boost for the former open wheel racer. · Bill Elliott finished 16th for the third time in his twelve race 2009 Cup schedule. · The top 10 finishers at Homestead drove two Toyotas, five Chevys, a pair of Fords and a Dodge. The top 10 points finishers drove six Chevys, two Dodges a Ford and a Toyota. · Joey Logano scored the top finish by a rookie at Homestead. What's the Points? Here's a surprise. Jimmie Johnson won the title. Under the traditional points system Johnson still would have won the title. He'd have beaten second place Jeff Gordon by 66 points and Tony Stewart by 71 points. Of course were he running for a title it's doubtful he'd have engaged in that shoving match with Montoya. Denny Hamlin's win propelled him forward five spots to fifth in the standings. That's not bad for a driver with three DNFs in the ten race Chase. Thanks to their mid-race bamming and framming, Tony Stewart fell a spot to sixth in the standings and Juan Pablo Montoya fell two spots to eighth. In the "Best of the Rest" category Kyle Busch finished 13th, 68 points ahead of Matt Kenseth. Overall Rating (On a scale of one to six beer cans with one being a stinker and a six pack an instant classic) We'll give this one three cans, two for the race and one for the road. See ya on the breeze. Next Up: A long winter's nap. Racing, or the putrid approximation of racing NASCAR offers up as computation these days, resumes in February at Daytona. In the meantime, I wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving (and I am most thankful for my continuingly loyal readership) and blessed and joyful Christmas (or whatever winter holiday you celebrate even if it's Festivus). My best wishes to friends and foes alike for the best of everything n the coming New Year. That's the news and I am out of here. Final UNOFFICIAL 2009 Sprint Cup CHASE Standings Final UNOFFICIAL 2009 Sprint Cup CLASSIC Inspection Time: NASCAR officials announced after the race that all cars had passed technical inspection at Homestead-Miami Speedway. NASCAR also announced that the cars of #11-Denny Hamlin, #31-Jeff Burton, #48-Jimmie Johnson and #5-Mark Martin would be confiscated and taken to the series research and development center in Concord, N.C. for a thorough inspection. (Racin' Today) Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2009 Ford 400: Hendrick Motorsports Championship Notes: Signed, Sealed, And Delivered By Sarah Farlee, CupScene.com Senior Staff Writer Homestead, Fla. - Jimmie Johnson made history as he crossed the stripe in Sunday's season finale, the Ford 400 at the Homestead Miami Speedway, by winning his fourth consecutive series championship – an unprecedented feat that didn't come easy. Johnson had to fight to hoist the trophy, but it wasn't Mark Martin that made the Sprint Cup tough to nab – it was the field. "It was hairy racing at times. Everybody is trying to get the best finish at the end of the year," said Johnson, who finished in the fifth position after an up and down night that included tight racing and aggressive driving. "I think we were coming there at the end," said Johnson, who held off teammate Jeff Gordon in the closing laps of the race. At the end it was all Johnson, who earned his fourth championship in just eight seasons in Sprint Cup racing. An emotional Johnson said he wasn't sure he would be in this similar position, but noted that his team gave him confidence – especially the addition of Martin, who came to congratulate Johnson on making history. "I just want to say how much I appreciate Mark Martin," said Johnson of his teammate. "He's made me step my game up." Martin was a non-issue for Johnson all night, but Martin is adamant about his place in the sport. He's earned it and doesn't feel a championship would change that. "It's been cool to be a part of all of that," said Martin, of joining Hendrick Motorsports. "This has been more fun than I can remember having." "There's no frustration. I'm very proud of what we accomplished," added Martin of his year that included five wins and seven poles. Martin will be back next season to contend again, but won't disregard Johnson and team 48. "Don't think they're done making it," said Martin of Johnson's history. "They've got a lot in front of them." The Hendrick organization have a lot in front of them as they also made history by becoming the first team to sweep the first three positions in final series point's standings. "What can you say, one, two, three Hendrick, that's incredible," said Jeff Gordon. "Just when you think you've seen everything a guy goes out and wins four in a row and Hendrick goes one, two, three. It's incredible." "I really never thought I would see in my career or my life time somebody winning four in a row," Gordon added. "To see it happen in front of your eyes makes it more extraordinary." Marcos Ambrose spun to bring out the first caution of the day on lap 81. Ambrose qualified third and led four laps after getting around Johnson in the opening laps of the race. Ambrose's good run would be short lived after a cut tire forced an unscheduled pit stop and the day went downhill from there. Ambrose brushed the wall later in the race to bring out the third caution on lap 109. Ambrose would finish 35th, 16 laps down. Under the third caution a stack up coming onto pit road ended Elliott Sadler's chances at a good run when Erik Darnell slowed to enter the garage entrance and missed the entryway. The miscue caused the stack up of Robby Gordon, Reed Sorenson and Sadler. Darnell finished 36th twenty laps down. Sorenson and Sadler finished 40th and 41st, both 150 laps down. Gordon would finish 39th, forty laps down after spinning again later in the race. Dale Earnhardt, Jr.'s bad luck continued. Running as high as sixth, coming from a 32nd qualifying position in just 35 laps, Earnhardt looked to have a strong car. While running the high line Earnhardt brushed the wall multiple times damaging the car enough to effect performance. Earnhardt finished 28th. Mike Lovecchio · Frontstretch. Homestead ONE: With four consecutive titles, is Jimmie Johnson's championship run the best ever? You can't fault Jimmie Johnson for dominating the sport in its current points format, but nonetheless the fact that he has won four consecutive titles in the "Chase era" has allowed critics to dispel his accomplishment and put it behind Cale Yarborough's three consecutive titles between 1976 and 1978 and possibly even Dale Earnhardt's four in five years in the early '90s. Because Johnson simply needs to run well over the final 10 races as opposed to the entire schedule under the Chase format discredits the run a bit, but there is no doubting he beat the best of the best four consecutive years. I will admit it was more difficult for Yarborough to beat the likes of Richard Petty and David Pearson over a full season in the mid '70's, but he only did it three years…I put Johnson's four on the same level. TWO: Will Johnson win his fifth consecutive title next season? Is there really any reason to think Johnson won't win numero cinco next season? Let's face it, the No. 48 team has this thing figured out and the only thing that can beat them at this point is bad luck. Until NASCAR figures out a way to Johnson-proof the Chase – and I hope they don't – year in and year out he WILL be the man to beat. Don't get me wrong, he will have challengers – I think Hamlin will be his biggest threat, along with Kyle Busch, Mark Martin, Carl Edwards and a few others, but he will be the odds on favorite. If you have a legitimate reason why you think Johnson won't win the championship next season, I'd love to read it below in the comments section. THREE: Did Juan Montoya need an oval win to make 2009 a successful season? In 2007 Juan Montoya had his best season in the Sprint Cup series with an average finish of 21.5. Two years later the Colombian has finally figured this whole stock car racing thing out and broke out with his first Chase berth and career-best 18 top 10s and seven top 5s. In what was a breakout season, Montoya finished 8th in points, but does the lack of an oval win make the 2009 season an overall failure? Heck no! In what was one of the biggest surprises of the season Montoya and Earnhardt-Ganassi racing – both underdogs – together made the No. 42 team one of the toughest challengers to Johnson, Martin and the giants at Hendrick Motorsports. 2009 was anything but a disappointment for Juan Montoya; it was proof that he can make it in NASCAR and reassured what motorsports fans everywhere already know — that he is one of the best drivers in the world. FOUR: Do you expect the reemergence of Richard Childress Racing to carry over into 2010? For ¾ of the season Richard Childress Racing was a disappointment after many expected them to have at least a shot of challenging Roush-Fenway and Hendrick Motorsorts. Well, over the past month Jeff Burton, Kevin Harvick and Clint Bowyer have gradually put together better runs culminating with all three finishing in the top 11 on Sunday. I'm not saying they'll be championship contenders next season, but expect the RCR banner to contend for more top 5s and top 10s as they try to reach the same plateau that everybody else is in the quest for – contending with the boys at Hendrick. FIVE: Putting a bow on a rather lackluster season Perhaps it was sign from above when the 2009 season opener symbolized what was to become this year – the rain shortened Daytona 500 made the sport's biggest race rather, well, boring. Despite Johnson running away with another championship and some of the least exciting action we've seen in a while, the season still had its share of moments. While we go into the offseason let's try and forget the debris cautions, the lack of racing and the Jimmie Johnson parade and remember the reemergence of Mark Martin, the emergence of Juan Montoya, the rivalries, and frankly anything that you can actually remember that was good about the sport next year. We can only hope that 2010 will be better. Notes to Ponder: Rivals retaliate: Everyone expected Denny Hamlin to dump Brad Keselowski Saturday, but the Montoya/Stewart rivalry that developed Sunday may be one to watch in 2010. Poor finishes for Ambrose/Earnhardt: Dale Earnhardt Jr. had another fast race car this weekend, but once again results didn't follow. Ambrose has been a surprise this season, but had his worst race of the year in the finale bringing out multiple cautions and finishing 35th. Allmendinger stays hot:. With an average finish of 11th over the final three races, the 'Dinger showed the promise down the stretch that he flashed at the beginning of the year. End of a career: Michael Waltrip's career came to an end Sunday. He may not be the winningest driver of the era, but he is among the most recognizable. Johnson Now a Serious Threat to Petty's And Earnhardt's Championship Record By Jerry Bonkowski/autoracin By winning his fourth consecutive Sprint Cup championship Sunday at Homestead Miami Speedway, Jimmie Johnson turned a huge corner. He is now tied with Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jeff Gordon for third place on NASCAR's all-time championships list, putting him directly behind leaders Richard Petty and the late Dale Earnhardt, who have seven titles each between them. Sunday, Johnson entered NASCAR's most elite class – a class that he now is the star pupil in – and becomes a most significant and legitimate threat to break a record that many people thought might never be broken. While it's unlikely he'll ever top Petty's 200 career Cup wins, Johnson is now within striking distance of Petty's and Earnhardt's shared championships mark. It's not out of the realm of possibility now. Given how relatively easy he's made winning his first four Cup titles look, Johnson appears headed to do something Gordon has pretty much given up on: winning a fifth Cup title. And even though it's coincidental that it would be a fifth-straight championship for Johnson next season, the fact remains that the torch Gordon has carried as the most successful active driver in NASCAR has now officially been passed to Johnson. Sure, Gordon has 35 more career Cup wins than Johnson, but as each year has passed since Gordon's last title in 2001, it has become more and more apparent that Gordon will not come much closer to the joint Petty/Earnhardt mark, a record that many longtime Gordon fans thought he would have at least tied, if not broken, by now. Johnson, on the other hand, is essentially just getting started. At the age of 34, he has a good six to eight more years ahead of him. And, given how he led the series with seven wins this season – and continues to appear to be in the prime of his racing career – one thing is pretty apparent. The quest for a fifth straight is a given. The quest for winning a record eight championships overall – or more – is now a distinct possibility and ultimately a potential reality. If you would have told me last year, after Johnson won his third straight, that he would be a serious challenger to Petty's and Earnhardt's mark, I would have said no way. He'd have had to win four more titles to win and five to break the record. It's funny how one more championship now, though, can change my thought process – and I'm sure the thought process of many others. Now that he's tied with Gordon with four championships each, Johnson needs to win only three more to tie and four to break Petty's and Earnhardt's record. Somehow, it's like he's climbed over the top of a mountain and now that goal is much more in sight and potentially attainable. That's bad news to the rest of his NASCAR challengers, for if Johnson continues his stranglehold on remaining champion, a lot of potential championship opportunities for other drivers will continue to fall by the wayside, year after year after year. Carl Edwards? May never see his first Cup title. Ageless Mark Martin, who finished second for a fifth consecutive time in his career this season? The only way he'll get a chance at the title is if/when Johnson retires. Then again, knowing how strong Martin's competitiveness and ability still are at the age of 50, he may just try and wait Johnson out to finally get that elusive first Cup title. Tony Stewart? Somehow, as long as Johnson's still around, it's likely Smoke won't be adding to the two Cup crowns he's already earned. And what about Dale Earnhardt Jr.? As much as I hate to say it, particularly since Johnson is his teammate, I think Junior fans better get used to the fact that their heartthrob also will never win a Cup championship while Johnson is still around. And given that Earnhardt is the same age as Johnson, again, as much as I hate to say it, we may have already seen the best seasons of Junior's Cup career. Can Johnson win a fifth next year? Most definitely. I'd say he's already the big favorite to do so, given how he won No. 4. Can he win more than five? Without a doubt. In fact, as I reflect back on what are now four consecutive championships, I was struck by a thought: a relatively dangerous thought at that to Johnson's fellow competitors. What if, even with the incredible achievement of four consecutive championships now, Johnson is ultimately just warming up? Check back with me in about six years from now. I wouldn't exactly be surprised if we're talking about – and celebrating – Johnson's record 10th consecutive championship. Time to give Jimmie Johnson his due by Jeff Owens, NASCAR Scene, Special to FOXSports.com When Jimmie Johnson captured his fourth straight NASCAR Cup championship Sunday, it wasn't widely celebrated by the vast majority of NASCAR Nation. In fact, many fans have been disgruntled most of the season over the prospects of the bland Johnson winning a fourth straight title, of his sucking the very life out of another Chase for the Sprint Cup. Johnson and his vanilla personality don't exactly mesmerize or polarize fans, making him one of the least appealing successful drivers in the sport (Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal recently reported that Johnson is 13th among all race-car drivers in public awareness). Many fans, in fact, are ambivalent toward him, which is almost worse than being widely hated. So his fourth straight title has gone over like a lead balloon among a fickle fan base that seems to complain about everything these days, including Johnson's dominance the past four years. But it's time for NASCAR fans to suck it up, lay their intense loyalties and apathy aside and applaud Johnson for one of the most impressive accomplishments in the history of the sport. The four straight titles by Johnson's Hendrick Motorsports team rivals some of the greatest championship runs in professional sports, surpassing the Steelers, Cowboys and 49ers of the National Football League and putting the No. 48 team in a class with the Yankees, Celtics and Canadiens across all pro sports. Individually, Johnson's reign puts him among some of the greatest athletes of this generation — in a category with such legendary names as Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods and Roger Federer, players who dominated their sports. In NASCAR, Johnson's four straight championships are even more impressive than the seven Cup titles won by Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt — a record that he also may tie and, possibly, surpass in the next four or five years. What Johnson has done is simply dominate the most competitive era in NASCAR history, making him not only the greatest driver of the past decade, but also one of the greatest of all time. His 47 wins and four titles in just eight years put him in the same company as Petty, David Pearson, Cale Yarborough, Bobby Allison, Darrell Waltrip, Dale Earnhardt and Jeff Gordon. And though he hasn't won as many races as any of them — yet — he has accumulated those stats in fewer years and in a tougher era. For the past four decades, the seven titles won by Petty and Earnhardt have stood as the most impressive feats in the sport. But neither faced the competition and the obstacles that Johnson has faced. Petty won all seven of his titles in seasons when only a handful of teams ran enough races to contend for the championship. When he won his first title in 1964, only one other driver — Pearson — ran the same number of races. When he won a remarkable 27 races in 1967, including 10 in a row, no one ran as many races as Petty (48), who beat winless James Hylton in the points standings. In '71, only four drivers ran as many events as Petty, and none of them won. Even in the early years of the modern era, beginning in 1972, only a handful of drivers ran all the races. The only title Petty won when he was truly challenged was in 1979, when he edged Waltrip, Allison and Yarborough for his final championship. Earnhardt faced stiffer competition, but even in the 1980s, when he won three titles, the fields weren't as deep. He beat drivers like Waltrip, Tim Richmond, Bill Elliott and Rusty Wallace, but behind them, the competition wasn't as fierce. That all changed in the 1990s, when Jeff Gordon arrived, opening the door for a slew of new, young talent to follow him. Gordon quickly became the sport's dominant driver, winning four titles in seven years. Many thought he would match, and possibly surpass, Petty and Earnhardt. He might have — if not for Johnson, his protégé at Hendrick Motorsports. The past 10 to 15 years have been the most competitive era in NASCAR history, with the emergence of Gordon and Tony Stewart battling veterans such as Mark Martin, Dale Jarrett, Wallace, Terry Labonte, Bobby Labonte and others. And they were followed by arguably the best crop of young drivers ever to enter the sport — Matt Kenseth, Kevin Harvick, Ryan Newman, Johnson, Greg Biffle, Carl Edwards, Kasey Kahne, the Busch brothers and, for a while, even Dale Earnhardt Jr. Earnhardt Sr. had to fend off such young stars as Richmond, Elliott and Wallace, but neither Petty nor Earnhardt faced as many rising stars and potential threats as Johnson. One of the most impressive feats by both Petty and Earnhardt is that they both beat legendary drivers who had also won multiple championships — Pearson, Yarborough and Waltrip. Johnson, by comparison, has beaten Gordon and Stewart, who have six championships between them. Johnson has also had to face two huge obstacles during his reign — the Chase and NASCAR's new model Cup car. All four of Johnson's championships have come under NASCAR's unique 10-race playoff format. Many fans believe that is a knock against him, arguing it was much tougher to win championships under the old, full-season format. That is a ridiculous argument. How can it be harder to rise to the top and hang on over a long, 36-race schedule than during a tense, pressure-packed, 10-race shootout when everyone starts on almost-equal footing? The Chase has made it harder, not easier, to win championships — just ask Gordon, who has four under the old format and none during the Chase. Under the old format, a driver and team had to be excellent during only two-thirds of the season. Once comfortably on top, they could put it on cruise control and stroke their way to the title, as Earnhardt often did and as Matt Kenseth did in 2003, the last season of the old, season-long format. Rising to the top under intense pressure and during a 10-week free-for-all takes much more talent, versatility and mental fortitude. Johnson and his team obviously have mastered that. Johnson also has remained on top during another one of the most dramatic changes in the sport in years — the introduction of NASCAR's new car. NASCAR's new car is much harder to drive and set up, as evidenced by the numerous stars who have struggled to get a handle on it. Johnson has won three of his four titles with the new machine, including in 2007 when the schedule was split between the old car and the new one. Johnson critics argue the new car simply played into the hands of Johnson, crew chief Chad Knaus and mighty Hendrick Motorsports. True, but that is still a testament to their remarkable talent and ingenuity. The fact that they have mastered it when so many other "elite" teams haven't is just further evidence to their superiority. One of the greatest ironies during Johnson's reign is he has continued to dominate despite the majority of NASCAR fans pulling against him. The way he has ignored the "48 haters" and remained focused on the ultimate prize is yet another testament to his remarkable ability. Much of the disdain for his team has been fueled by several penalties for rules violations, incidents that landed Knaus on suspension and saddled him with the label of "cheater." Their team, though, has risen above such adversity and won despite intense scrutiny and criticism. Johnson may not be the sport's most popular or well-liked driver, but he is currently its greatest — the greatest now, and perhaps of all time. It's time he got his due and was recognized as such. Bowles-Eye View Jay Pennell · Frontstretch. Appreciating History Rewritten Editor's Note: Jay Pennell is filling in for Bowles-Eye View this week. Tom Bowles' commentary can be found on his regular gig over at SI.com's Racing section. He may not be the most popular driver and he may seem a bit "vanilla" to some, but Jimmie Johnson is without question one of the best to ever strap into a race car. Earning his fourth straight NASCAR title Sunday night, Johnson separated himself from some of the greatest in the 61-year history of the sport. Johnson is now one of only four drivers to win four championships (the others being Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt and Jeff Gordon), but among those NASCAR greats, Johnson is the only driver to win them all in a row. Last year's hoopla was Johnson's chance to tie Cale Yarborough by winning three straight titles; but this year, the attention is all squarely on him for breaking the record. This team has set the bar since joining the Cup Series ranks full-time in 2002. In each of their eight years, the No. 48 organization has finished in the top-5 in the season-ending standings, maturing along with NASCAR's new playoff format that came into existence during his third year. Working together with crew chief Chad Knaus, he has more wins (18) and top 10s (55) then anyone in the 60-race history of the Chase. One of the biggest contributors and advantages the No. 48 team has had during its championship run is the man calling the shots atop the pit box. Chad Knaus came up through the Hendrick organization learning from one of the greatest crew chiefs in the business, Ray Evernham. Since taking over as crew chief for Johnson, Knaus has set himself apart from his competition. One of the most methodical and calculated guys in the garage area, winning is a way of life for him, and he conducts his team accordingly. The road to history has not always been easy, though. Struggles on the track and Knaus' suspensions over the years for rules violations have made this team dig deep to get the job done. BUt whenever they hit a string of bad luck and were behind the eight ball, everyone in the organization stepped up and performed to the best of their ability. "Just when you think you've seen everything, a guy goes out and finishes four in a row and Hendrick finishes 1-2-3 in the points," Jeff Gordon said. "As a competitor, that Johnson ticks me off. As a friend, a teammate, and sort of car owner they're amazing. I'm really happy for [Johnson], Chad and the entire 48 team…I really never thought I'd see in my career or my lifetime somebody win four in a row." Yet despite his success on the track, Johnson has become a guy fans love to hate. The dislike for Johnson is not exactly at say, Kyle Busch levels, but boos ring loud when Johnson is introduced each week. The general idea is that he is a polished driver that has the best equipment. A clean cut native of California, Johnson has not always related to the blue collar fans … but while that may be the feeling amongst some, the drivers themselves know better. "I know the garage really respects what they have done and really realizes how hard it is for that happen," Kevin Harvick said. "To win a championship in this sport four times in a row is something pretty remarkable. I think it's time for the fans to give the credit that he deserves. That is the most dominant team we have sitting in this garage, and they deserve that respect." "I will say that as much as he wins and everything happens, Jimmie's one of those guys you want to hate, but he's one of the best guys out here," Jamie McMurray added. "I think that he is very deserving of what he has." And what he and the Hendrick organization now have is their own page in the history books of NASCAR. "I think that's got to say how impressive this Lowe's team is and what a great, fantastic driver Jimmie Johnson is," Knaus said after the race. "Jimmie is an incredible, incredible talent. He is the most underrated driver in this garage from a perspective of media recognition and stuff like that. He can do things with a race car that I've never seen done before, and I hope this proves it to everybody." When asked where he ranks among the sport's best drivers, Johnson admitted this accomplishment puts him up there. He has earned his fourth title quicker than Petty, Earnhardt, and Gordon. Over the last eight years, Johnson has 47 wins, 117 top-5s, and 180 top-10s in 291 races. "I have a lot of racing ahead of me, so it is tough to really say at this point," Johnson said. "We've have covered some territory in a short period of time, and I feel the years ahead of us we can even get higher in the record books." The scariest thing for the competition is the No. 48 team shows no signs of slowing. Come next year, they'll once again be the team to beat. Knaus even admitted they have been working on 2010 for the last two months. So congratulations to Jimmie Johnson, Chad Knaus, Rick Hendrick, and the entire No. 48 team. There are rare moments in sports in which history of this magnitude is made, and witnessing it is something every competitor, media member, and fan should be appreciative of. Please! More Hamlin vs. Keselowski and Stewart vs. Montoya By Richard Allen/racingwithric Paybacks are…Well, you know. This weekend's racing at the Homestead-Miami Speedway featured plenty of payback and it made for some entertaining stuff. In the Nationwide Series race on Saturday, the brewing rivalry between Denny Hamlin and Brad Keselowski came to a head. Hamlin promised payback for previous fouls, and he delivered. Hamlin caught Keselowski and sent him into the spin cycle early in that race. NASCAR penalized Hamlin one lap for rough driving as a result. On Sunday, Tony Stewart and Juan Pablo Montoya found themselves tangled together on more than one occasion. After a bump from Montoya to Stewart on one side of the track, Stewart slammed Montoya's car and caused a flat tire which resulted in a bump with the wall on the other side of the track. Montoya retaliated on Stewart by sending him for a spin after the #42 car returned to the track following a stint in the garage. He was penalized two laps, which didn't really mean much to a guy already multiple laps down. NASCAR could use a lot more rivalries like these two cases. The sanctioning body actually did well not to over-penalize the combatants. Hamlin was able to recover from his penalty and record a top-5 finish. And as was said, Montoya's penalty was inconsequential. As long as no other innocent bystander is collected, paybacks could even go completely unpunished. Penalties ought to be doled out only if others not originally involved are collected. Those that believe folks who dare to criticize NASCAR are stuck in some time warp and see things as better in the 'good ole days' like to point out statistics such as the number of cars on the lead lap at the end of a race as a way of claiming racing is better now than it was 'back in the day'. What people such as myself are trying to point out is that racing used to be a sport filled with passion, emotion and grit. It has nothing to do with the number of cars on the lead lap at the end of a race. Rivalries and payback were once every bit as much a part of racing as points and trophies are today. The sport misses that element badly. Such activities provide a reason to tune in and stay tuned in. Today's antiseptic NASCAR does not offer much of this sort of thing. That's why such a big deal was made of Hamlin vs. Keselowski and Stewart vs. Montoya. In the days of Petty, Pearson, Allison, Baker and Yarborough this type stuff was commonplace, and it was exciting. Let's hope 2010 offers more rivalries and even a few more paybacks. Montoya-Stewart rivalry spices up season finale By Seth Livingstone, USA TODAY HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Tony Stewart and Juan Pablo Montoya, running fifth and sixth in points, were close all weekend, their bright red haulers parked beside each other in the Cup garage. Close turned to physical 117 laps into Sunday's Ford 400. Montoya got into the back of Stewart, who would have none of it. He came down on Montoya, all but scraping the 42 off the right side of Montoya's Chevrolet. Forty-three laps later, the two were at it again, Montoya drawing a two-lap penalty for rough driving when he rammed the rear end of Stewart. Neither driver was available for postrace discussion. "I definitely didn't see that coming," said Montoya's crew chief, Brian Pattie. "It shows you that (Montoya) is not going to be pushed around. But it didn't help us, and it didn't help (Stewart). We both had a chance to finish in the top five." Stewart finished 22nd, falling behind race winner Denny Hamlin to sixth in points. Montoya, who lost 32 laps to repairs and penalty, finished 38th. "Tony was frustrated," said Joe Custer, executive vice president at Stewart-Haas Racing. Hamlin was penalized one lap for rough driving after an incident with Brad Keselowski in Saturday's Nationwide Series race. "I think everyone's got a little fight in them, especially when they've been done wrong," Hamlin said. "Maybe they thought (retaliation) was worth it. I thought yesterday that it was worth it." Hamlin-Keselowski and Montoya-Stewart were an unexpected heavyweight double-bill caused by frayed nerves and a "nothing to lose" mentality with the season down to the final laps. "I haven't seen all the replays and I don't know what happened first and when," Stewart crew chief Darian Grubb said. "They were racing each other pretty hard and both got frustrated." The race finished without another road-rage incident between the two after Montoya's penalty. Stewart finished 22nd and Montoya was 38th. Respected veteran driver Jeff Burton said the sport could do without the trash talking. "What this sport needs is good racing, it doesn't need running that mouth," he said. "I think running that mouth is not what it's all about. Good hard racing is what fans want to see. There's a certain portion of people that want to see people yell at each other, but I think the general population is better off." Most drivers feel should they self-police the field in the garage and on the track. "You have your moments where you lose your mind and lose your temper and you just want to run over the top of somebody," Kevin Harvick said. Montoya, Stewart let anger get best of them in finale Both finish outside top 20 after on-track altercations By Joe Menzer, NASCAR.COM HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- The fireworks that filled the night-time sky following the end of the Ford 400 weren't the only ones to go off Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The others blasted off much earlier during the 267-lap race at the 1.5-mile track, when drivers Juan Montoya and Tony Stewart bumped and banged and wrecked each other on two different occasions, providing the most entertaining moments of Jimmie Johnson's championship- Those fireworks started on Lap 116 when it appeared Montoya, driving the No. 42 Chevrolet, bumped Stewart's No. 14 Chevy from behind. Stewart almost immediately seemed to retaliate by turning down into Montoya's car, causing the right-front tire of the No. 42 to go flat, sending it into the wall. That tore up the right side of Montoya's machine and sent him to the garage to get it fixed. When he returned 30 laps later, it seemed he quickly set his sights on getting even with Stewart. Chad Knaus, crew chief for Johnson, even told the No. 48 team's spotter, Earl Barban, to find out where Montoya and Johnson were on the track and instructed Johnson to give the frisky pair a wide berth as soon as Montoya emerged from the garage and got back into the fray. "Earl, keep an eye on the 42 and the 14. The 42 is back on the race track and the 14 is unfortunately ahead of us," Knaus told Barban. Brian Pattie, Montoya's crew chief, later admitted: "If we had been going for a championship and I saw all that stuff happening, I would have told my driver the same thing." On Lap 155, Pattie's driver booted Stewart from behind, sending the No. 14, which had been in contention for a strong finish and possibly even the win, spinning off into oblivion. Although Stewart wasn't penalized for the first portion of the incident, Montoya was black-flagged by NASCAR and parked for two laps. The scuffles ruined the nights of both drivers. Montoya ended up finishing 38th and dropped two spots to eighth in the final Chase standings. Stewart, who lost one lap and fell to 33rd after getting spun and having to pit under green, eventually did gain his lap and several positions back, but had to settle for a 22nd-place finish that dropped him to sixth in the final standings. As irony would have it, the two entered the race fifth and sixth in points, respectively -- meaning their haulers were parked right next to each other all weekend in the garage. But there were no additional post-race fireworks from either driver -- at least not that the public could see or hear. Montoya drove in after the race first and quickly stormed off after climbing from his car. Stewart came in next and lingered only a little before disappearing into his hauler. He sent word through a spokesman about 10 minutes later that he would not be discussing the incidents with reporters. That left the crew chiefs to try to explain what happened. Unfortunately, they more or less said they didn't have a clue. "I haven't seen all the replays, so I don't know what exactly happened when," said Darian Grubb, crew chief for Stewart. "But they were racing each other hard, and they both got frustrated." Pattie smiled and added: "I asked the crew chief on the 14 what happened, and he said he didn't know, either. So we'll just have to go back and look at the tape like we always do, and try to see what happened. All I saw was the right side [of the 42] went flat, he got into the wall, and we were headed to the garage. "We'll figure it out. We definitely don't need this stuff heading into next year." The two crew chiefs did end up speaking with each other afterward. Eventually, they shrugged shoulders and had a laugh about it after agreeing that any lingering bad feelings between the drivers needs to be flushed from all systems before the 2010 season opens with the Daytona 500 next February. "It didn't help us; it didn't help him," Pattie said. "We fell a couple of spots in the points; he ended up out of the top five, when both of us had a fighting chance to finish there. I don't know. We'll see what happens. I mean, Tony is a friend of mine so we'll see what happens." Both crew chiefs also agreed that the two cars were fast before the fireworks exploded in their collective faces. "We were going to go out on a high note," Grubb said. "We wanted to win this race and we had the car to do it. We led some laps. We fell back a couple of times because of pit sequences or whatever, and we were always able to drive right back up to the front. "We were really hopeful. Then the sun went down, the track got a little cooler, and our car started getting off a little bit while others started picking it up a bit. We just got the best we could out of it at that point." Well, it didn't help getting turned by Montoya. Then again, Pattie said he thought his camp had a top-five car as well before the beating and banging with Stewart commenced. "We're still building. We're still a new team, when you think about it. It's only my first full-time year in the Cup Series," said Pattie, who was on the pit box for 19 poles and 18 wins in the Nationwide Series before moving to Cup late last season. "If I knew it was going to be like this all the time, I should have switched a long time ago. "[Juan] buys into the system. We've changed some stuff and started clicking this season, but I don't want to be a one-hit wonder. We do a lot of things and we're pretty meticulous about what we do, so we can perform the second time around [at tracks] even better [than the first]. I think we proved that in the second half of this season, and we'll try to carry that over to all of the tracks next season. I want to take what we had the last 15, 18 races and build on it. This was a brand-new race car that easily had another top-five [finish] in it." Pattie said the only thing he said to Montoya while the car was in the garage getting fixed was to remind him to keep it at the minimum speed. But he also later admitted that he was not all that surprised when his driver tangled a second time with Stewart. "That's not a very good recipe, to be honest with you," Pattie said. "We'll watch the tape and see that it doesn't happen again." Pattie added that he was not too upset with Montoya. "It shows you that he wants to be here, and that he's not going to be pushed around," Pattie said. "He's fiery, and he's going to stay that way. It's in there; it's in him. We just calmed him down to get him points racing [earlier this season]. He didn't start it [with Stewart], I don't think. He just finished it." Grubb added: "It's just racers racin' hard. A lot of common sense goes out the window when you're racing as hard as you can. We weren't thinking about points, we were thinking about winning the race -- and we thought Juan was racing a little too hard right there. That happens. Juan's a great race-car driver and so is Tony. Both of their common senses went out the window altogether there." The one man responsible for creating the monster Gordon discovery of Johnson changed course of history By David Caraviello, NASCAR.COM HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Blame it on Jeff Gordon. If only he had averted his eyes from the kid in the red and white car running the perfect line around Darlington Raceway at that test session so many years ago. If only he hadn't passed his name on to team owner Rick Hendrick. If only he hadn't sat in a conference room with the chief executive officer of Lowe's, swallowed hard, and said, yeah, sure, of course the guy is capable of winning races and championships. How different modern NASCAR history would be. How ironic that the man most responsible for unleashing Jimmie Johnson upon the world is the driver who likely would have gained the most had the once-unknown Busch driver never been unearthed. "I'm very proud of what that team has accomplished. I'm proud to have been a part of it from the beginning," Gordon said at Homestead-Miami Speedway, site of Sunday's season finale, where Johnson likely will secure his record-breaking fourth consecutive championship on NASCAR's highest level. "It's a bittersweet thing, because as a driver, you know, we won the championship in '01 when they ran their first race. They watched us win that championship in '01. I think maybe in '02 I finished ahead of him in points. I don't think I've finished ahead of him in points since then. It just reminds me of when the 24 team came together, the people that made that happen, how it came together, how it clicked, all the right things happening. It reminds me a lot about that. You know, I'm happy for those guys, being able to be a part of something like that." Gordon laughs about it now, this realization that he created a monster. But without Johnson in the way, the driver of the No. 24 car unquestionably wins a fifth championship in 2007, the season when he stockpiled an amazing 30 top-10s yet fell 77 points short of the crown. He'd have a more-than-realistic shot at a sixth title this year, given that he's 61 points behind second place Mark Martin. As it stands now, though, they're all watching Johnson continue a march that may not end until the sport's greatest record is equaled. Even Gordon, made wary of such prognostications by personal experience -- he heard plenty of talk about seven championships himself after he won his fourth and still most recent title in 2001 -- concedes the possibility given Johnson's success under the current championship format. "Those guys are on a roll right now, and I don't really see it slowing down," Gordon said. "I think they're very capable of doing it again next year. You know, that's still just five. Seven is a big number. That's tough to get to. I remember a lot of people telling me or asking me, oh man, seven is in reach, seven is in reach. A lot changed. "To me the only difference is, I don't compare the championships those guys won, or the ones I won, to the new championship. It's totally different. If they continue to keep the 10 races in the Chase that are in there now, I don't know if there's anybody better than the 48 team at those 10 races, those 10 tracks." Hard to believe it all started at a place like Darlington, at an event like a Busch Series test that Gordon attended to lend advice to Ricky Hendrick, who had never before raced at the old egg-shaped track. Standing on top of the transporter, Gordon noticed a red and white No. 92 car that was running the right line, snug up against the outside wall, and getting around the place fast. Gordon told Hendrick -- that guy is running the line you want to run. And by the way, who is he? Jimmie Johnson, Hendrick told him. Later that day, Gordon went over to introduce himself. How many times have you been here before, the four-time NASCAR champion asked the unknown. Never, Johnson told him. "I mean, right there, that's pretty impressive," Gordon remembered. "A guy that has never been there before that picked it up that quick." Gordon kept his eye on the kid, who turned out to be a former off-road racer from El Cajon, Calif. He liked how Johnson handled himself on the race track, clearly getting the most out of a Herzog Motorsports car that was competitive, but far from dominant. After a drivers' meeting at Michigan, Johnson approached Gordon to discuss some career options. Then Johnson drove his way past Gordon in the race. At the same time, Hendrick Motorsports was finalizing plans for a new 85,000-square- "Rick had some interest," he said, the understatement heavier than the South Florida humidity. Yet there were no guarantees. As much promise as Gordon had seen in Johnson's ability, this still was a driver without much of a track record. Johnson's average finish on the Busch tour in 2000 had been an underwhelming 19.5. By 2001, the year he made his Cup debut with Hendrick, that number had improved -- but only slightly, to 16.2. He had one career victory in the series, but was probably better known for standing on the roof of his car with his arms up in the air after a wicked crash at Watkins Glen. So understandably, the CEO of Lowe's at the time had some doubts when Gordon and Hendrick arrived to ask the company to spend millions to back a driver no one had ever heard of. Chief executive Bob Tillman looked at Gordon and asked -- can this kid really win? "When a guy like that puts the pressure on you like that, you don't want to just lie to him. You want to be honest. And I feel like I was honest. I told him that I believed with Hendrick equipment and the right people around him that, yes, he was capable of it," Gordon remembered. "Now, how much of that did I believe was going to come true? I mean, I wasn't sure. I wasn't sure. I mean, I knew that Jimmie had a great talent, but I had no idea. You don't know how much they have until you put them in your equipment. You don't know what kind of crew chief Chad Knaus was going to be. I don't even know if we had a crew chief at that time. Just a lot of factors in there. "But, you know what, I was confident in Hendrick Motorsports, and I did see something in Jimmie that I thought could be special. I had no idea it was going to take off and do what it's done. But I sure am happy now, because I look pretty good saying, oh, yeah, absolutely, he's going to do all that." Even Johnson still seems amazed at how it all unfolded. "I don't know what [Hendrick] and Jeff both saw in me back in 2000, as I was a mid-pack Busch driver," he said. "They saw it, offered me a job. Nobody else was calling offering me a job. I don't think I'd be where I am today without Jeff and Rick, what they've put on the line for me." Gordon, as it turns out, put much more on the line than just his nascent reputation as a talent scout. His decision to pursue Johnson has quite clearly cost him championships, and a place in the NASCAR pantheon even more elevated than the one he currently enjoys. So go ahead, blame the guy. Jeff Gordon could have so easily kept quiet, could have ignored that red and white car running the perfect line around Darlington, and in the process further enhanced his own career. But he didn't. And ultimately, Gordon's discovery of Jimmie Johnson may go down as his greatest contribution to his sport and his organization, regardless of how many titles he may -- or may not -- have won. The opinions expressed are solely those of the writer. Well, that's all for today. Until the next time, I remain, Your Nascar Momma Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"
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