I can't believe such an insult would befall the male member by being
given the nick name "Johnson". (By the way, I named my wiener dog
the same!) However, our dear Jimmie, I'm sure, wasn't even a glimmer
in a teenage boy's eye when the term was branded. Yet, it seems so
fitting to have someone by that surname involved in NASCAR's
greatness. Am I praising him? Hell no...Kyle Busch is a great
driver, but look where he ended up in The Chase; sucking whisker
biscuits off of everyone else's curly butt hairs. (Which is fine by
me, because until a hint of graciousness befalls him, he can BE one
of those cling-ons for all I care!) What I'm saying is this season
has seen the chase filled with an arrogance that I cannot recall
within recent history of any championship battle. I will even throw
my Jr. in the fire to the slightest here.

None of you, including those of you sitting there playing with your
Johnsons, can say with a straight face and tell me this is what The
Chase is suppose to entail. Even the most repsected NASCAR
journalists and analyists are calling for a change to the
championship format. I firmly believe that if daytime soap operas
ran on Sunday, I would be watching them...as a matter of fact, I did
find myself flipping back and forth between Phoenix and Sponge Bob
yesterday! This season couldn't be more watered down if the Hoover
Dam broke and swept it all away. Now, prepare to take a hit of of
your inhalers, but Kyle Busch has eight victories this year, and in
the end, will have little to show for it other than a fat bank
account. (Maybe that's all that matters to him, I dunno) However,
that many victories should account for something. (Also see Carl
Edwards stats)

Our buddy Greg Biffle sure gave it a shot at trying to make it
interesting by winning the first two chase races, but faultered in
the end. Yet it appears The Chase will end again in the lap of
someone who possesses the surname of the male member. Surly even
Johnson fans were bored to tears by the championship run, right?
Yesterday was about as fun as watching racing at California or New
Hampshire. Before you jump on your high horses and send me hate mail
about how "great" those tracks are...(is that lightening I see
heading your way?)...what I'm trying to say is that there has been a
tremendous loss of excitement and enthusiasm this season.

An article on NASCAR.com earlier last week spoke of this very theme,
and Dale Jr. even added his two cents, for what it's worth, on how
NASCAR could regain fan and driver enthusiasm. One: shorten the
season, two: shorten races, especially at boob tracks, and three: add
short tracks instead of boring, two mile, flat tracks. To counter
the argument, and which is why we'll never see a shortened season, is
the almighty corporate dollar. Sponsors (what's left of them) pay
big bucks to stick their name on a race and to thief an event from
the schedule, NASCAR wouldn't be able to do as much whoring out of
themselves as they do today. Hell, Las Vegas has added 27 miles to
next year's event in honor of Carroll Shelby, developer of the 427
Cubic Inch Engine. Can anyone tell me that Vegas is heart stopping
in terms of excitement? Yes? You know your peter will fall off if
you continue lying like that. Nonetheless, these are great
suggestions that unfortunately, will never come to fruition and
continue to batter a sport that's already falling to its knees.

I've always said I'm not an answers man, but I guess you could say
I'm aware. The Chase needs a shake-up. Sure, we love our driver
being the one in contention, but as a fan, can you honestly say you
really enjoy said driver running away with the title? What fun is
that? We want to see the championship come down to what it has in
the truck series the last two years: the last race of the season!
Cup drivers need to go into Homestead with their assholes puckered so
tight that their farts would break glass due to their point spread
being slim. War! Battle! Blood! Burnt Rubber! Banging Sheet
Metal! Ah hell, who am I kidding? We've taken tag and dodgeball
away from our playgrounds because kids might get hurt. Why would we
want, what is suppose to be the most exciting time of the season, to
be thrilling? That would be NASCAR Taboo!

Like a fool, I will stew these next couple months, getting psyched up
for my trip to Daytona in February, with idiotic newfound enthusiasm
and a mindset of "surly this season will be better than last", only
to be proven wrong...again! History repeats itself, but come on,
this is out of hand!

How funny would it be to see Travis Kvapil in The Chase next season!
Hey, I'D buy a t-shirt! Anything to stir the pot for once.
Regardless, I know I'm in trouble when I don't fully committ to a
race when I'm watching it on television...hell, sometimes I even left
the house! Two years ago, my wife considered herself a race widow,
now, she's only partially disabled. These are the items that we, as
fans, have to start sending a message to the upper crust at a once
great sport's governing body. Fans are the basis that is all
NASCAR. With us comes sponsorship, and with sponsorship, we should
be rewarded with great racing. Can NASCAR look themselves in the
mirror and say they've given us the best 36 shows they could have?

See you in Daytona!