As I prepare for the NASCAR winter, I salute this year’s champions:
Craftsman Trucks: Johnny Benson, won by 7 points, in a race for the ages.
Nationwide Series: Clint Bowyer, Kansas legend, driving for Richard Childress Racing. Won by 21 points.
Sprint Cup: Jimmie Johnson, by 60 points over Carl Edwards. Jimmie’s 3rd consecutive championship, tying him with Cale Yarborough, NASCAR legend. In spite of Jimmie’s not being worthy to wash Cale’s jockstrap, if racers wear jockstraps, I salute Jimmie anyhow.
Next year: The year of Mark Martin.
Until then, watching college basketball, and counting down ’til Daytona.
-k-