It seems like Jimmy Johnson and Chad Knaus just can't be beat. Even at a track that they've NEVER won at, in a race that was dominated by other teams and that weather threatened to stop at any minute.
But, once again, the 48 crew ran just good enough to be there at the end, catch a break on the re-start and beat the Miller Lite Dodge for their first win in Thunder Valley. And they continue their dominance of the 2010 season. Even though they aren't leading in points (yet) due to a bad start at Daytona, they are on their way to the #1 spot, and heading into a weekend at Martinsville - a track that Johnson has DOMINATED over the past 7 years. In fact, I don't know if any other driver in NASCAR history has EVER dominated a track the way Jimmy has dominated Martinsville. He's definitely my pick for this weekend's race, and might just leave Martinsville with the points lead (sorry Harvick.)
In other NASCAR news, many teams were back on the track today at Charlotte Motor Speedway testing the new spoiler (aka. "the Blade") before it's re-introduction this weekend at Martinsville. They also did some spoiler testing last week at Talladega, so hopefully NASCAR and the teams have some answers regarding how the cars react with the blade as opposed to the current wing.
Many people are hoping that losing the wing and going to the wing will give the rest of the field a chance to catch the #48, thinking that the wing was somehow the reason for the #48's dominance. Hey...wait. Didn't Jimmy and Chad win a Championship BEFORE the wing went on the cars? Yep. Sorry other teams...it's gonna take more than a blade to cut the fifth straight Sprint Cup out of Jimmy's white knuckled clench. I'd recommend heavy artillery instead.
Marc.
