Well, another year of NASCAR has come and gone...alas, all you Jimmie haters--he's done it again! Yea! :)
CJ and I were again treated to the final race at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday. Eric stayed behind because he didn't think the pastor should play hookey, too. :) Thank you, once again, to our NASCAR/Ford "benefactors"--we had a great time!
If you think NASCAR'S boring, wow--what a finish to the season! This race had everything...a 3-way nail-biter race for the championship that came down to the very last race, separated only by about 50 points, old rivalries rearing ugly heads in spin-outs, trash talk designed to psych out opponents--and--oh, yeah--a fiery wreck that took out the guy most likely to wreck you if it got him ahead! :)


Jimmie Johnson makes it an unprecedented FIVE championships in a row!


Carl Edwards does his burnouts and spins after winning two races in a row.



Jimmie Johnson and Carl Edwards "face off"--after one wins a championship, the other the final race.

Lowe's 48 car--awesome! (Can you tell who mom roots for here?)

New 2011 Ford Explorer pace car leads the way to a green flag.

CJ's favorite sight will soon be a thing of the past--Dupont will only be a partial sponsor in 2011, and will drop out in 2012. CJ wants them to keep the flames, though. :)

Look, ma, not a scratch on it!

Carl Edwards in the front all day long--cool!

Matt Kenseth got tired of Kyle Busch's antics and drove through him when Kyle came up the track right in front of Kenseth. Kyle went sailing into the wall and went halfway around the track in a fiery scene. Too bad--his day is done. Of course, it wasn't his fault... :)

Matt Kenseth was too fast entering pit road once, and the penalty really ruined his championship chances.

Juan Pablo Montoya--the sport's most popular driver--not!

Denny Hamlin--poor guy got psyched out by Johnson's tough talk, and couldn't catch a break after spinning into the grass early on.