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The question was deliberately not asked of Jimmie Johnson.

He'd never say he was.

Is Jimmie Johnson the best driver ever?

"I don't know how you can doubt the talent that he's got and the competitiveness ofthe sport and the things that he does in the car and the coolness, the communications," Rick Hendrick said. "The way he describes the chassis and works with Chad. I don't think he's gotten the respect he deserves. I think it's kind of serving notice that what he's really done to win three of thesein a row. If you go back and look at 04, since he stepped into theseries, what he's accomplished in his record speaks for itself.

And then Jimmy Spencer follows up a few minutes later with this gem..

Spencer: "Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself, but what's going to motivate you and, you know, your race team into 2009? I mean, you know, four in-a-row, but you know, how do you get it up? Explain to me how you do it."

Johnson: "Did you just ask me how I'm gonna get it up?"

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