  Now, I've only been watching racing closely since the start of this season. All throughout my life though, my grandfather has been a big fan, so I've been around it enough to know most of the legendary names and some not-so-legendary ones from the late 80s/early 90s. Jimmie Johnson's performance in last night's Coca-Cola 600 was by far the most dominating performance I've seen. Like I said, that's not saying much, but from what I've read, that was the type of race that you don't see too often. Johnson was fast at the beginning of the race, fast in the middle of the race, and fast at the end.
New tires, old tires - didn't seem to matter all that much. Despite a rash of cautions and subsequent restarts in the last 75 laps or so, Johnson kept pulling away from the field. It was like he was shot out of a cannon each time. I came away quite impressed. And it seems that a lot more people, who are a lot more NASCAR-savvy, agree. 
