Denny Hamlin had my vote as a driver to watch as well, but his recent behavior, blaming everyone around him and moping around have turned me off in a big way.
Caveat, I am a Gordon and a Junior fan! They just made it harder on me. Stewart lost me a while back and even my TS fan wife is starting to dislike his outbursts and wrecking ways.
Ah, we all have fav’s and worse. I do not like JJ and can’t even tell you why. He and his team are top notch and really got their act together, but I just don’t like him.
I like Tony, Jeff and Jr. Hell, I like all bt a few. My favorite is Mark Martin, who’s probably the least “over-the-hill” of the older drivers.