Jimmie Johnson jumped all over the opportunity to extend his
points lead last weekend at Phoenix when Matt Kenseth had a poor run. Though some
still wonder if Johnsons twenty-eight point gap is comfortable enough.
Johnson and the 48 team are certainly no strangers to situation
of being conservative, seeing as they have been in it five of the last seven
seasons. Homestead-Miami Speedway is not one of Johnson’s strongest tracks statically,
given the fact he has never had to run hard there, just conservative. From my
prospective conservative is not Johnson’s first option, because no one knows
how the 20 of Matt Kenseth will perform, and tracks this size has been Kenseth’s
strong point this season. Johnson has to enter this race ready to be inside the
top fifteen and stay out of trouble. Johnson has a cushion he can lean on but
it is a cushion that can deflate very quickly if issues arise, like the past
two years. Johnson needs to stay in Kenseth’s head as he already is, letting
Kenseth know he will do whatever it takes. Johnson wants his name in the record
books yet again, and it would appear to me he has his pen ready write it down.
-Stephen Appell
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