Dude, Im telling you,
many, MANY americans get booed at the races.
You say you're rapidly gaining respect for JPM, but you haven't listed why? Other than he's the underdog, well so is freaking Kenny Wallace and Michael Waltrip
JPM Could win, and probably will, He already has. But knocking your teammate out of the way when you CLEARLY have a faster car shouldn't gain any driver respect from anyone. Let him earn your respect, let him earn all of ours.
Im telling you, imho, he hasn't sat down and planned this out. He thought he'd dominate here like other sports, but you NEED friends, here, you NEED teammates here. Other racing sports you don't, so he conquered.
That ain't happening here, and it won't until he figures that out.