As we pack up and hit the long road to Texas next weekend, we leave a track that for the foreseeable future will not host a Chase race in the years to come. Atlanta will pick up a date on Labor Day Weekend in 2009, vacating their spot as a Chase race destination.
With a second place finish at Atlanta over the weekend, Jimmie Johnson has all but wrapped it up. Losing the Chase lead right now would be a catastrophe that would become a chapter in Nascar history all to itself. With Johnson having so many good runs at the past few tracks on the Chase schedule, many are asking or begging (i.e. Jack Roush) for Nascar to "Jimmie-proof" the Chase in 2009.
"Jimmie-proof?" Sorry conspiracy theorists, the Atlanta's move to Labor Day Weekend was made long before Jimmie Johnson's mad dash through the 2008 Chase for the Nextel Cup. Although, some in Nascar might be glad that a track that the #48 Chevy has won 3 times in recent years will not be included in Chase schedule come 2009.
Does it really matter though? On the brink of joining the legendary Cale Yarborough as the only "3-peat" Cup Championship winners Nascar has ever seen, Jimmie Johnson is coming into his own. Who knows where it will stop? Will Jimmie become the greatest Nascar driver in history?
The magic crystal ball that has given me the power to pick the past two race winners successfully does not see that far into the future. One can only hope that regardless of the outcome, a true challenger will step up to the plate and make 2009 a year to remember.
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