maybe not in results but they seem to have similar driving styles. Jamie came out of nowhere and ran really good in the truck series. Definitely turned quite a few heads driving a truck that wasn't as good as it ran. Ran great right off the bat in Cup filling in for Sterling Marlin but for some reason, he's never blossomed in Cup. I don't know if it's the chemistry or lack thereof or if he's lost his aggressive edge. It's does happen. Drivers get a bit complacent and take fewer risks. Elliott Sadler comes to mind to me in that category.

Back to Larson. I think he'll do OK for Ganassi. He won't set the world on fire unless Ganassi all of a sudden finds something to improve their team. For all I know, they might be better than they are showing as I think both McMurray and Montoya and kinda mailing it in now. Just check out how well Montoya has ran since he was notified that this would be his last year there. If the team is better than they are showing, Kyle will run better right off the bat as he's young with that aggressive style the comes with being young. If the team isn't better, he might look bad by wadding up a quite a few cars trying to get more out of the car than what it's got. I guess we'll have to see. I like him, seems like a really nice kid and he might just have a great career ahead of him.

Crockerfan, I so agree with your points about Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon. I was at Jeff's first win at Atlanta in 1992 in the #1 Baby Ruth Ford and man was he impressive that year. He was the original "sliced bread" and lived up to the hype in a big way. While his equipment was still sub-par to some, it was much better than Jimmie's and Jimmie did has some good runs considering the equipment he was in. It's good that some of the team owners have their heads screwed on right and can see the talent despite the results. I think in the Nationwide series now I'd think that Cole Whitt, Landon Cassill, Jeremy Clements and Johanna Long fit that bill. All driving better than their equipment.