Two to go and Two fighting it out

Well here we are with only 2 races to go before the end of the season and the whole top 12 has been turned upside down since my last post. I was holding off making a new entry partly because I was hoping things would change and I would be able to talk about someone other than Jimmie Johnson and partly because let's face it there are more important things going on in our world right now than NASCAR… (haha) Anyway I found some time tonight to set down and do a little writing so here it goes…

Alright so I suppose I have to be the first to admit I was wrong about Kyle. I had him pegged as the champion maybe a little too prematurely. Although I don't blame Mr. Busch at all for his fall from grace. I blame NASCAR. I've never been a big conspiracy theory person but I have to be honest and say that after this year I firmly believe that NASCAR's big spenders are calling all the shots. It is funny to me that after having a year that some would only dream of Kyle finds himself totally out of reach of a championship by the 2nd race of the chase. It is perfectly clear to me who NASCAR's golden boy is and if you watch NASCAR at all I don't think I need to name any names for you to figure out who I am referring to. What used to be Jeff Gordon's throne has now been passed down to your 2 time defending champion. Now before I get carried away I'll give Mr. Johnson his props…he can drive a car and he doesn't have a bad day, even this Sunday which is considered to be his worst race of the chase he finishes 15th, last time I checked that's a solid finish. So maybe he is just that good, that consistent…I hear that a lot on different message boards and you know maybe he is but it's funny he isn't THAT good until about 2 races before the chase starts. He turns on the magic just in time to win a championship. Someone one out there is reading this and going JEEZE someone drank a big glass of Haterade today but I promise you this isn't me being a "hater" for lack of a better word, it's me honestly wondering how on earth he does it. He could be a lap down and just when he gets into the lucky dog position (1st car one lap down) a caution comes out like some sign from the NASCAR God's that Jimmie is suppose to win the whole dang thing. He gets his lap back and ends up with a solid top 5 finish or even winning…and there I sit staring at the TV in total amazement that this sport even has any fans left. Honestly who wants to go to race when you know going into it who will win and what will happen. So when there is no one left in the stands because the ticket prices are too high and when TV ratings plummet even more than they already have know it's not because people don't care for the sport anymore it's because people don't like what NASCAR has let the sport evolve to.

Anyway I'll go ahead and step off of my soap box… Back to the chase it does seem that Jimmie Johnson will be walking away with yet another championship like it or not. Our only hope is that our very own home state hero can continue to have good races and maybe even another win and save the day in homestead. It's going to take Jimmie having a truly bad race none of this top 15 stuff and Carl keeping his nose clean. Should be interesting to see who is all pans out… I'll be watching and I'm sure I'll be commenting soon about what is to come believe me I have many more Soapbox rants, but I have to save something for the off season.