Jimmie Johnson was never really a driver I liked. First, he started out as a protege handpicked by Jeff Gordon whom I loathed to drive a car Gordon co-owned with my least favorite team in Hendrick Motorsports. He also had such a polished, inoffensively bland personality that it was just hard to ever really get into him even if I can appreciate him more in retirement. However, I am excited that he is now officially the majority owner of Legacy Motor Club as announced today and getting a new big-monied minority owner in an investment firm.

No offense to Maury Gallagher but this is the man who founded and ran Allegiant Airlines, one of the most cut rate, poor quality budget airlines in existence in this country, it isn't surprising that Maury wasn't going to do whatever it took to get Legacy MC into fighting shape, his focus was purely on minimizing expenses and maximizing profits. I have great hope that Jimmie Johnson now being in control of the day to day operations of that team with presumably a bigger budget to work with now will result in better equipment, better personnel, better driver support, and a real effort to improve. Jimmie learned under Rick Hendrick, who I may not like but he is the most successful Cup team owner for a reason, and he's always been a perfectionist in his career.

They've already got some good sponsorship partners and one really talented driver in Erik Jones to build around, and a really promising young talent in Corey Heim peeking around the corner if John Hunter Nemechek doesn't step up this year, so their foundation is solid.