And the ESPY Goes to …
July 22, 2008 by Tim Zaegel
Filed under Racing
Jimmie Johnson finally won his first-ever ESPY award last Wednesday when he was voted as “the Best Driver,” beating out fellow race car drivers, Dario Franchitti, Kyle Busch, Tony Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton, and Scott Dixon for the honors. Johnson has won back-to-back NASCAR Sprint Cup championships in 2006 & 2007 en route to winning the award, and compiled a very impressive 10 wins over the course of the 2007 season. Congratulations to Jimmie on this outstanding achievement!
Kyle Busch lost out to Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings for best breakout athlete of the year, and Jamie McMurray’s win over Busch at the 2007 Pepsi 400 at Daytona was beaten out by Western Kentucky’s victory over Drake in the NCAA Tournament for best finish. The ESPY Awards Ceremony took place last Wednesday evening, but the show did not air until this past Sunday.
Complete List of 2008 ESPY Winners.
Just as well Busch didn’t win … his winning everything can get old for some folks!
Finally, Johnson wins an ESPY. He really pulled out a lot of good finishes the last two years with him and his crew chief Chad. Good for them.
I agree – I thought it was high time that Johnson won this award. I believe back-to-back Cup championships speak for themselves.
kyle bush shouldve gotten it. he’s the way better driver this year and thats what its all about!
Adam, if I’m not mistaken, this years’ ESPY is for last years’ performance? More than likely, it’s Kyle’s next year, and the year isn’t even over yet.
Bruce, I believe you’d be correct in that summation for the most part. I think, though, that it’s actually from ESPY season to ESPY season, which would make it the second half of 2007 through the first half of 2008. Gotta remember that the ESPY’s don’t necessarily run on the NASCAR schedule! =)
if tims right then it shoulda been kyle. jimmy johnson hasnt done crap this year.
Adam, on that same note, Kyle didn’t do much more in the second half of last season than what Johnson’s done in the first half of this one. I’d say that the last 12 months have been fairly comparable for the two.