After Johnny Clark won the DNK Select 150, he radioed to his team and suggested that he was to Unity Raceway what Jimmie Johnson is to Lowe's Motor Speedway.Ouch.
Almost immediately after Clark told the story, he realized how silly it sounded. "No, don't write that," he said. But before he'd put two more sentences together, he was back to drawing the same conclusion again.
"I mean, he wins everything there," Clark said of the Nextel Cup Series driver, who has made Lowe's his personal stomping ground in recent years. "They even repaved the thing, and he still wins."
Clark, of course, feels that his team enjoys the same success at Unity Raceway, particularly on the PASS North Series. Clark's first win in a race of more than 150 laps came at Unity in 2004, and he clinched his 2nd series championship by finishing 3rd at Unity last September.
Goofy and bold comparison or not, Clark does have a point. According to him, he's posted an average finish of 1.8 at Unity in his PASS career. Jimmie Johnson's resume at Lowe's isn't much different.
"I told (the team) that they should name Unity after us, like they call that place the 'House that Jimmie Built.' "
2 comments:
I think Johnny raced a great race and hit his marks and didn't use his mirror just drove his line saved his tires till the end. Unity is definitly his track - he always performs well there and has had lots of success.
Great race or not, that's being ridiculously arrogant. Let others glorify your accomplishments. Will his helmet still fit before the Star race?
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