Well the season has already started with a bang and a bold prediction.
The stock car portion of Speedweeks got underway this week at Daytona International Speedway, and right out of the block the pressure has been placed on Jimmie Johnson. The motorsports media picked Johnson to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship for the fifth consecutive year. You might think that’s not much of a stretch. However, the interesting fact is in his four previous titles, the media chose someone else to win the championship. Based on that statistic, I’m not sure Johnson has been blessed or cursed with the prediction.
It didn’t take long for the first on-track incident to take place in Daytona, as Denny Hamlin and Mark Martin got together to trigger a multi-car accident. Both admitted to trying to make the situation safer as Hamlin approached Martin, but this time it didn’t work as they had hoped.
The next couple of weeks should be very interesting to watch from Daytona. These two weeks typically set the tone of the season. Let’s hope for some safe and exciting races not just in Daytona but for the entire 2010 season.
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