Alrighty then, the season is finally over, even though this title had been decided last time out. I waited so long to post this since I wanted something to do this weekend. Next weekend sees the final round of the V8 Supercars from Phillip Island so I'll update that this week...from the previous round in Tasmania; Marcos Ambrose country.

Anyway, that's next week and the wrong series so let's do this thing since it's the last one.

Homestead saw Jimmie Johnson start from pole but it was the fourth place man who smashed everyone...driving a Roush-Fenway Ford...number starts with a 1...and first name with four letters...scary stuff *laugh*

But no, Greg didn't do the fourplay (sorry, couldn't resist using that) as teammate Matt Kenseth completely dominated, leading around 200 laps and finally breaking through for his second win of the season...Fontana in February must have seemed an age away for the #17 Dewalt guys. So kudos to Matt and co. for transferring their late season surge into a visit to victory lane.

This was the view a lot saw in their mirrors...as Matt came up to put them a lap down

Tez's NASCAR Race Championship (TNRC) Standings - final standings

1 - Jimmie Johnson, 164 points (10 wins)
2 - Jeff Gordon, 152* points (6 wins)
3 - Tony Stewart, 99* points (3 wins)
4 - Matt Kenseth, 90 points (2 wins)
5 - Denny Hamlin, 83.5* points (1 win)
5 - Carl Edwards, 81 points (3 wins)
6 - Kyle Busch, 76.5* points (1 win)
8 - Jeff Burton, 68 points (1 win)
9 - Martin Truex Jr, 60* points (1 win)
10 - Kurt Busch, 56 points (2 wins)
11 - Clint Bowyer, 51 points (1 win)
12 - Kevin Harvick, 46 points (1 win)
13 - Ryan Newman, 46* points (doesn't get equal 12th since Kevin had a win while Ryan didn't)
14 - Greg Biffle, 45 points (1 win)
15 - Dale Earnhardt Jr, 41 points
16 - Casey Mears, 33.5* points (1 win)
17 - Mark Martin, 33* points
18 - Juan Montoya, 24 points (1 win)
19 - Jamie McMurray, 20 points (1 win)
20 - Reed Sorenson, 17 points
=21 - Kasey Kahne, 12 points
=21 - David Blaney, 12 points
23 - David Ragan, 10 points
24 - Jeff Green, 9 points
25 - JJ Yeley, 8 points
=26 - David Gilliland, 6 points
=26 - Kyle Petty, 6 points
=26 - Brian Vickers, 6 points
=29 - Ron Fellows, 5 points
=29 - Mike Wallace, 5 points
=31 - Robby Gordon, 4 points
=31 - Elliott Sadler, 4 points
=31 - Johnny Sauter, 4 points
=34 - Bobby Labonte, 2 points
=34 - Ricky Rudd, 2 points
=36 - Scott Riggs, 1 point
=36 - David Stremme, 1 point

(* denotes half points only awarded as race did not reach 75% completion)

Well, that's it...I think I've done the points right this time so I won't have to look through anything. It's been fun to do this and as I've said before, the format will change next year to the V8 Supercars one...top 15 score points in it so consistancy should be a bit better rewarded *cough* Jeff and Clint *cough*

Regardless, even without a Chase, Jimmie showed that when it came to the crunch, he was the best driver...end of story.