Gordon and Johnson battling for the ultimate NASCAR glory
The might be the best of friends off the field or boss and employee in the office but they are stealing the show for the Chase of NEXTEL Cup. With less than 3 races left, and no one else within 100 points, it is quite clear that it is going to be between these two. Unlike Formula One, in NASCAR teams don’t have strict pecking orders, so its going to be decided old style, man to man.
May the best man win this one.
“There’s more drama when you have two teammates racing for a championship,” Johnson said. “It’s not like we are out there just giving each other position and pulling by saying, ‘Hi, buddy, go on,’ and ‘No, sorry, you go through.’ It’s far from that, and I think that’s putting a lot of drama in our sport.”
This is a two man show all the way down now, there is no doubt left about that.
“It’s easy to criticize from the outside,” said Gordon, who finished seventh in Atlanta. “You can’t buy a championship in this thing. There are so many guys out there spending a lot of money, hiring the best people and trying to beat us.”
“Whoever outperforms the other guy is going to be champion, the way this thing is shaking out,” Johnson said. “I know his weaknesses, the weaknesses of his team, and I’m going to do anything I can to exploit any weakness I can find.”
No matter what goes on between the two during the few hours, after the race is done they shake hands and never lose the respect for each other.
“There are some teammates situations out there where there’s not as much love flowing around and guys are not being as good as they need to be as teammates,” Johnson said. “But at Hendrick, that’s something we work really hard on.”
It’s working just fine.
