Who Will Challenge Jimmie Johnson in 2010?

Hard to believe 2009 is already over. I cannot believe how fast it went. The great thing about NASCAR is the fact that we don't have to wait 6 or 7 months for the next season to began. We only have to wait 3 months and don't get me wrong, it will be a long 3 months. I strongly dislike Sundays without my NASCAR. A few years ago I would have never envisioned myself saying that but let's get on to are topic. Jimmie Johnson is now the first four time champion in NASCAR so where do we go from here. On the surface there seems to be absolutely nothing standing in Johnson's way of a 5th championship but I do believe we will see a new champion next year. After last year we all thought Carl Edwards would be the most likely contender to break up Johnson's streak of championships. Edwards did not win a race all year and despite making the Chase he was never really close. He will have a better year next year but he will not be the one to knock Johnson of his throne. That person will come from Joe Gibbs Racing. I would not want to bet on either Kyle Busch or Denny Hamlin simply because I think there is a strong chance they will finish 1st and 2nd next year. For every argument I can make for Kyle Busch winning next year I can turn around and make the same type of argument for Denny Hamlin. I honestly cannot determine which racer I would rather have. My gut says Hamlin but there is no way I would go against Kyle Busch considering he has another year of experience under his belt. There are a lot of good racers out there but only these two guys have a shot at dethroning the new king of NASCAR.