NASCAR Racing Update: JJ Wins His Second in a Row
Jimmie Johnson is one of the best NASCAR racer in the world. Sure, there are a lot of individuals who don’t consider NASCAR racecar drivers athletes, but that’s because they don’t know anything about driving a NASCAR racecar. It takes incredible reflexes, skill, and flat out luck in order to win a single Sprint Cup race. Jimmie Johnson, who has won four Sprint Cup Championships in a row, just won his second straight Sprint Cup NASCAR race of the year this past Sunday when he took the checkered flag in the Shelby American at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
JJ held off teammate Jeff Gordon and Kevin Harvick in order to secure the victory. That means that Team Johnson has won 2 out of the first 3 Sprint Cup races of 2010. Counting the Budweiser Shoot-out and Gatorade duels, and Johnson is 3 out of 6 so far in 2010. JJ and his crew are obviously well on their way to another Sprint Cup Championship. Going off at 4 to 1 in the NASCAR sportsbook, Jimmie was expected to win at Las Vegas, but that shouldn’t keep fans and sports gamblers from looking at the masterful Johnson in awe.
As crazy as it sounds, JJ and his crew appear more focused this year than they have in the four previous NASCAR Cup Championship years. If that is the case, that they are actually more focused than they have been in the past, then does any other team in NASCAR have a shot at winning the Sprint Cup? Probably not. I thought that Johnson solidified his credentials as one of the best athletes in the world in 2009 and the best racecar driver of all time. Now, I’m beginning to believe that he’s one of the best athletes in any sport ever.
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Jeff Gordon laughed at his own bad back and finished 3rd in the Shelby American to Hendrick teammate Jimmie Johnson on Sunday.
Gordon hadn’t finished in the Top 20 in either the Daytona 500 or the Auto NASCAR Club 500. In the Shelby American, Gordo was almost perfect. It looked like he might win the race until both JJ and Kevin Harvick found a way to finish in front of him.
If the 3rd place finish is indeed a sign that Gordon has returned, and that he isn’t being hampered by his bad back, then Hendrick Motorsports look as powerful as they have looked in their NASCAR history. That says a lot considering that Johnson has won four Sprint Cup Championships in a row and Jeff Gordon is considered one of the best NASCAR racecar drivers to ever live.
But stats don’t lie and the stats are already piling up for Team Hendrick in 2010. Mark Martin, who drove for Hendrick for the first time in 2009, finished 4th on Sunday. Martin is averaging an 8th place finish in 3 Sprint Cup races so far in 2010. Johnson has won 2 of the 3 Sprint Cup races in 2010 and Gordon just finished in the Top 5 in the Shelby American. Hendrick Motorsports is not only dominating again but could have their best year ever.
This weekend NASCAR travels to Atlanta for the Kobalt Tools 500. Jimmie Johnson most likely will be the favorite in the NASCAR sportsbook once again as JJ won both races at Atlanta Motor Speedway in 2007. Since 2007, Carl Edwards, the Busch brothers, and Kasey Kahne have had success in Atlanta. Will one of those drivers take down King JJ, or will Johnson once again prove to be the best in the Athens of the South?
