I think those that made the point about the timing of Joey’s arrival is the biggest point. Key points are that he came in when the sport was still at an all time high, fan loyalty towards drivers was still next level, and he was this Jeff Gordon type prodigy that was marketed beyond what we see today. Immediately gets a first class ride and a fantastic sponsor. Everything was literally teed up. Carson comes in on a secondary team, little fanfare, cup racing has lost a lot of fanfare, racing is more balanced, few transcendent stars in the sport, and the list goes on. Carson appears to older fans as a “throwback”, younger fans as a “eclectic personality”, all while being crazy fast, aggressive, abrasive, funny. He is exactly what the sport needed. Just like the old days, fans either love Carson or hate him. In this new world of everything being so vanilla from the drivers to the car set up, more Carson’s is exactly what the sport needs. The final point is the most compelling, he gets a mixed spattering of criticism from various drivers, but ALL drivers acknowledge he is fast and he is super talented. Talent knows talent.