I can't believe I'm writing this
I'm rooting for Jeff Gordon on Sunday.
... My hands cramped, but my fingers didn't burst into flames for typing the sentence above. Whew.
Look, I'm no Gordon fan -- I rooted for Senior, now pull for Junior and am troubled to no end that Junior will be joining the Evil Hendrick Empire next season. (Does Denny Hamlin need fans? I might could be persuaded.)
Anyway, Gordon hatred among Senior and Junior fans is well documented - he's too slick, too pretty, too good, too young, too too. But the reason I'm pulllig for him is easy:
He's not leading the Chase by 86 points, and he's the only driver who can catch the guy who is.
I don't really care whether Gordon or Gordon Jr. wins the 2007 championship. It was clear by Talladega that Four Time or Soon-to-be Two Time was going to win this thing. Never has a pack of championship contenders faltered so badly - everyone from Stewart on back has blown or blown up.
What I want Sunday is a good fun race, one I can have a few canyoubelievehwhathappened?! conversations at work Monday. Nothing would bore me (and most everyone else) more than a 267-lap Jimmie Johnson coronation parade. A Gordon win would be big - not App State-over-Michigan big, but somewhere north of a Patriots-finally-lose-a-game big.
I'm not asking for much, just maybe a pit-road speeding penalty or a loose lug nut or maybe a scrape with the wall. How 'bout a little suspense, huh?
It's hard to believe that Mr. 81 Cup Wins is an underdog, but he is. Everyone loves an underdog, especially me on Sunday.
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And Gordon is 300+ points ahead the "old school" way of doing things.
Either way is a little difficult for me to accept. I respect Gordon's more consistent body of work for the season. However if you are supposed to "win the game" as Herman Edwards says, then the nod has to go to Johnson.
Posted on November 16, 2007 2:55 PM
Hey John,
Where are you?
Posted on January 9, 2008 10:32 PM
Did you see who is sponsoring Milka Duno in the Rolex 24 hour race at daytona?
http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/080122/0350925.html
Posted on January 22, 2008 3:10 PM
hopefully good ol #48 can do it again in 2008. just saw a funny clip on you tube of kasey kahne walking to the bathroom at fontana http://youtube.com/watch?v=X_64GZ32Rlc
Posted on February 2, 2008 5:36 PM