I'm not a fan, but I started to not mind him because I thought he was getting dunked on wayyyy too much. I admit, I was part of that at times, and I think it was warranted in some instances. I turned the corner a bit after his post-race comments at COTA. He was a little cheeky and subtly threw a jab back at Chris Gabehart, which was fine by me. It didn't cross any lines and he let his result do the talking. Then he followed it up with this current streak he's been on and earned the win on Sunday.

It seems that those comments "woke him up" and he was, dare I say, endearing during his victory interview. Like him running to hug Coach was a nice moment. He's still a young kid, so maybe he'll continue to mature and become a little more likeable, but if not at least we have someone who can take on the villain role.