How well will the final season go for this soon to be Hall of Famer? If Jimmie can find his way back to victory lane and make the playoffs this year, it will be considered a success. When the green flag drops on the 2020 Daytona 500 it will have been 988 days since his last win. I don't think anyone wants to see that number hit a thousand.

My PRN bandmate Brad Gillie occupies the office next to mine, and it's thoroughly decorated with Rush memorabilia. Actually, after having known Brad for a few years, I've developed an affinity for the Canadian import. I can only tell you that Rush is lot more than Tom Sawyer!

I have long held the belief that the real power in the universe is chaos and its ensuing madness. Since man first banged rocks together and created fire, humans have been on a mission to enforce order and have always failed. We build walls that crumble, we write laws that become outdated, and no matter what we do to establish the myth of "order," chaos breaks down our walls and outflanks our laws. In racing's "clean air is king" world, chaos is the ultimate power and the recent events at Daytona represented this perfectly.

We're a quarter of the way through the 2019 NASCAR season and here are few of my observations.

Folks often say things because it makes them feel better to say it. For example, "the road construction is not that bad" or "I'm just a few pounds overweight." We want to believe them but the simple fact is they aren't true and they won't happen. Road construction is a never-ending process and in five years you'll be buying bigger slacks. That's reality.

I strive to be a glass half full guy. Now, mind you, I don't always succeed but I'm in there pitching.  So with that in mind, here are seven positive items about the young NASCAR season.

There's a line in the Carly Simon song "Legend in Your Own Time" that goes, "this isn't exactly what we had planned."

In some ways, this sums up the NASCAR season after the first four races of 2017. This was supposed to be the coming out party for the new stars of NASCAR. Instead, a 42-year-old former champion has stolen all of their heat.

Doug Rice compiled the ultimate race fan Christmas wish list... 

This Sunday, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Matt Kenseth and Danica Patrick will all most likely compete in their final NASCAR Cup Series race, all three have made an impact on this sport.

With NASCAR's Playoffs fast approaching, here are 10 things I want to see happen before the season ends. The following thoughts and opinions are mine and mine alone.