Better to be lucky than good. I’m sure many of you have heard that saying. Well Captain Crunch aka. Jimmie Johnson was just that on Sunday at Talladega. At one point in the race, the 48 team was a lap down and their chances for a good finish didn’t look good. Then the x factor came into play, Talladega SuperSpeedway. Known to be the chase changer. Meaning that at this race anything can happen, including the “Big One” The Big one can bring any drivers dreams of winning the Sprint Cup to a crashing end. What is the Big One? For those you that don’t know, it’s a crash that mainly happens at places like Talladega and Daytona. One slight mistake by a driver or one mechanical failure can take out half the field. Drivers have tried every strategy to avoid it. They have tried to hang in the back of the pack, hoping not to get caught up and they have even tried running up front, but no one seems to be able to avoid. You just have to do your best to deal with it when it happens. Bottom line to avoid the big one, you have to be lucky. As was the case with the Captain, he not only avoided one of the big crashes, he avoided two. While avoiding all the wrecks Johnson extended his point lead to 72 points, putting him squarely in the lead and once again making him the favorite to win his third cup championship in a row.
Johnson continues to show why his is number one. My question is does Johnson get the credit and respect that he should? Personally I don’t think so. I mean all season long the NASCAR world was loving to hate Kyle Busch and were so caught up in Carl Edwards. This Championship was all but locked and Kyle was the man. I have said all along watch out for Jimmie and that genius that sit on the 48 pitbox. Yes that would be Chad Knaus. Chad continues to shine and show people that he is by far the best and most talented crew chief that has ever called a race.
It’s crazy some of the comments that I read and hear people say about them. Anything from the only reason they are winning is because they have Hendrick equipment or they are cheaters. It’s ridiculous that people do want to recognize the talent of the these two and the for the matter the entire 48 team.
They picked the right time to start making their move. Remember this isn’t their first chase. They do have a few of these under their belt and let’s not forget, the 48 bunch do have two of these Cup titles and are going for a third title. Yes I did say third, tres, the triple, three-peat. Should I go on? Look the point I’m trying to driver home here is give this guy some credit. Just because people perceive him as corporate robot and think he is too vanilla, don’t doubt his skills or talent.
What do you want from the guy? You’ve never really seen him get mad or throw a temper tantrum like Dale jr. or Kyle Busch. Why is that? Because the guy has nothing to be angry about. He living a pretty good life right now. When life good why should you walk around and be angry for no reason? That just makes you more stressed out. I think the real Captain Crunch fans appreciate the fact that their driver takes his anger out on the racetrack and the other 42 drivers he is racing against.
All I can say to Captain Crunch and the 48 bunch is rock on brother and keep doing what you are doing and you will be drink from the Sprint again at Homestead in November.
Captain Crunch is the man!
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