It has been a long standing tradition in my NASCAR pool to either hate Hendrick Motorsports or DEI and its signature driver, Dale Jr.  It made for a great rivalry, especially when DEI owned the restrictor plate races.  The problem is, now they’ll be on the same team.  HMS will now sport 3 of top 4 marketable drivers in the series (I’m picking Tony Stewart as the other).  So, who do you root for?  Do you hope the 8 (or whatever number Jr. will now have) puts the 24 into the wall at Richmond?  Or that the 24 spins out the 8 at Watkins Glen?

Believe it or not folks, I have the answer.  Do what I do…root for the 17.  That’s right.  It’s the only Ford worth a darn.  Kenseth has had the most laps on the lead leap of any driver this season.  He’s second in points and only Gordon has more top 10 finishes.  The 17 is on his way to his 2nd championship.  Something the 8 has yet to do.