My post was based on the business side of things. No he is not his father, but Kyle was the son of "King" Richard and he never had the fan support that Jr has. Face it, he is THE most popular driver and any car owner would hire him in a second.
And as far as being a driver goes, he finished 7th, Jimmy Johnson finished 6th and Jeff Gordan finished 8th, so I'm not going to say Jr didn't do a good job on the track this year. No he does not have the career the other two have, but this year, he did as well as they did.
The early bird gets the worm................
But it's the second mouse that gets the cheese...........