Dont Call Jimmie Johnson Boring

This past Sunday Jimmie Johnson became only the second NASCAR driver to win three consecutive championships. The only other time this has happened was three decades ago when Cale Yarborough won in 1976, 77, and 78. Naturally with history in the making one would think that leading up to the race Jimmie would only have to answer questions about the comparisons to Yarborough, or his emotions leading up to the big race. While I'm sure he did get some of these questions at press conference, he was hit with another..."What do you think of people calling you boring?"


I will never understand how a NASCAR driver can be called boring but a blogger at Yahoo Sports found a way. On their website, a list of the most boring champions in recent years was made and Jimmie made the list. A few days before the race Johnson was asked about it and he questioned why it should even matter when he as an important race coming up.

Why should it matter?

Its extremely hard to win one championship in any sport, let alone 3 consecutive. Many great athletes have either fallen just short of a title or has never gotten close. Some key examples include, Charles Barkley , Dan Marino , Karl Malone , Patrick Ewing , Tony Gwynn . These players still have to answer questions about not winning a championship even though they're all in their respective hall of fame

Now think of the Los Angeles Lakers in 2000 ,'01 , and '02 , and the Chicago Bulls in '91 ,'92 ,'93 and again in '96 ,'97 , and '98 .

Now imagine being strap down inside a chevy for 4 hours, almost every week, going up to 200mph, and racing the heat of Fontana, CA and the misarable weather of Charlotte, North Carolina. Your risking life and limb for about 8 months to entertain people who pay good money to see you cheat death. Jimmie Johnson doesn't have commercials where he's being chased by hopeless middle aged women, he doesn't climb the fence after a win, he doesn't race dirty, he doesn't have any notable rivalries, and he's not be the son of a legend. Jimmie just does what he has to do....Win.

Let's face it, he's not gonna tell a knock-knock joke during post race interview but neither would you after doing what he has to for a living. He's gonna kiss his wife, thank his sponsors, thank his team, and thank the fans for coming out

All the boring stuff that he would be ridiculed for if he didn't do it.

I'll admit the routine can get old especially with that other showman he beat out to capture the history making championship win but at the end of the day Jimmie Johnson will be remember as a legend and not for being boring.

But for those of you who still cant jump on the bandwagon. Here's something you might like...

Jimmie Johnson highlights with some music to go along with it...enjoy