Jeff Gordon and Trevor Bayne: NASCAR is Having a Good Run

NASCAR was in crisis in 2010; at least it was if you read a lot of the stories out there and listened to the radio or watched television. Ratings were down, interest was seemingly waning, and a lot of fans were tired of hearing about the unprecedented and somewhat predictable dominance of Jimmie Johnson. I was one of them. I preached about the need for Dale Earnhardt Jr. to run well to get the sport back on top. I searched high and low for a legitimate challenger to Jimmie Johnson, and got excited when it was a three horse race going into Homestead last fall. There were a lot of folks just like me. Those two things could still happen again. Dale Jr. could start performing at a level that would allow his fans to get excited about winning aga...

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