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    From The Marbles

    Look back on the 2011 seasons of Junior, Johnson and Keselowski

    By Jay Busbee | From The Marbles – Mon, Jan 9, 2012 9:41 AM EST

    We're just weeks away from the start of the 2012 season ... and, really, only weeks away from the end of the 2011 one, too. NASCAR's funny that way. Anyway, let's continue with our season wrapups, featuring a few guys whose names you know well.

    First up, Dale Earnhardt Jr. experienced a renaissance of sorts, making the Chase and doing pretty much everything but, you know, winning:

    Next up, Jimmie Johnson, who saw his Cup chances end a whole lot earlier this year than they have in the past half-decade:

    Finally, Brad Keselowski, who came from as close as you can to "out of nowhere" to make the Chase and briefly throw a scare into the sport's leaders:

    Your thoughts on these three fine gentlemen's runs in 2011? Fire away.

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    10 comments

    • Dean
      Dean  •  Los Angeles, California  •  4 months ago
      Jr. fan but Gordon could not win with Latarte not sure Jr will either. Go 88
    • Rod M
      Rod M  •  Atlanta, Georgia  •  4 months ago
      I gotta be honest i am not a fan nor do i dislike junior but lets have some sanity here. Dale had a total of FOUR top fives the ENTIRE year and lead FIFTY laps the ENTIRE year!!! I mean he and his team did a good of salvaging bad days and avoided dissatrous finishes but to say he had a GREAT year?? i mean come on. I think he will contend for the chase but a championship, don't see it
    • Bad Bob
      Bad Bob  •  Southfield, Michigan  •  4 months ago
      Watch out for bad Brad in 2012.
      • tcob
        tcob 4 months ago
        Why? Is he planning on running into someone?
    • SDSuperFan
      SDSuperFan  •  4 months ago
      All 3 will be contenders again this year...Look out for Junior in 2012 this could be his year.
    • Theresa
      Theresa  •  Bensalem, Pennsylvania  •  4 months ago
      Dale Jr. did awesome last year. I think he will win a lot of races this year.
      • Mark
        Mark 4 months ago
        No he want, he's a loser.
      • Theresa
        Theresa 4 months ago
        Hey Ole you mean he won't!
    • HotRod 88
      HotRod 88  •  Grand Prairie, Texas  •  4 months ago
      Jr has been lurking in the shadows for some time now -- after all he finished just a few points behind Mr. 5-Time with out winning a race. That next little nudge and then get ready -- MOVE OVER - HERE COMES # 88 -- Jr will be mashing that gas and hauling that #$%$ Go Gettum June Bug
      • Mark
        Mark 4 months ago
        Dreamer.
    • Allen T.
      Allen T.  •  Kabul, Afghanistan  •  4 months ago
      Give Jr his championship!!!
    • badawesome
      badawesome  •  Richardson, Texas  •  4 months ago
      I wish Jr. had a little of Sr. in him!
      • phatdaddy
        phatdaddy 4 months ago
        he does,,,,, dummy...hence the name !!!!
      • badawesome
        badawesome 4 months ago
        That's all he has fat mama!
    • Mark
      Mark  •  4 months ago
      Another year, and no wins or championships for Dale Jr.
    • LeeD
      LeeD  •  Wilmington, North Carolina  •  4 months ago
      It will be "Jr.'s year" oly if Nascar wants it to be - its as rigged and fake as the WWE with the exception that the WWE admits they are for entertainment value only (fake!!) No way can anyone, including Jimmy Johnson win five consecutive titles w/o specific concessions from Nascar - they finally figured out Johnson's winning couldn't carry Nascar as Earnhardt Sr. did.
      Nascar needs help bad - Jr. winning a title could be a shot in the arm for them - Jr. winning a title driving the BLACK Goodwrench Chevy (#3 or #8) for Childress would send the ratings through outer space.. my prediction seven years ago..... so, now its about time for Jr. to save Nascar by their allowing him to win a title... I referred to it as the "changing of the guards" - has happened three times since the late 1970's to now.....Nascar ALWAQYS has a "fair-haired boy" that they want to win - most of the time he wins, sometimes there's slip-up and Earnhardt Sr. wins (titles numbers 5,6 and seven)..he was told by Nascar he would not win another after four.... think about this - Jeff Gordon has won four titles, he's done - hadn't figured out how they slipped and let Johnson win five - Petty was to remain the "king" all by himself....
      • Tom
        Tom 4 months ago
        And I'll bet Mike Helton is actually an alien in a human body who is controlled by other aliens - who reside in the mothership somewhere above the earths atmosphere.

        Not only that, but from this same mothership, they can also control the finishing order of any given NASCAR race. Right?

        Lee, are you being followed? Maybe by secret agent Russians who want to interrogate you and reveal all of your conspiracy theories?

        Shhhhh....they're probably reading this right now!
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