28 ordspråk av Buddy Rice
Buddy Rice
Between us and the writers, it was comedy hour the whole time. We could hardly get through it.
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Dario had the most dominant car, but they made a mistake in the pits and he didn't win it. Danny had the most consistent day and ended up winning it.
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For a lot of us, to get off the ovals, and get on up to the road course, there's definitely a lot of excitement. Everybody's really looking forward to it.
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I don't see them coming back together anytime soon. A bunch of people have tried to do it and it hasn't happened, so I don't see it happening anytime soon.
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I don't think you'll understand the true repercussions of what the 500 does for you until years down the road.
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I was never happier to see a season end than I was last year. I was really frustrated by the tough run of luck we had last season, but a few months away from the daily grind, and I am ready to go. I feel like we can return to the form that made us a championship contender in 2004.
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In some ways, all of their money and effort for all of us paid off for them. It should work that way for everybody. Everyone who's come through that organization has made it somewhere because of them.
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It feels good to be back on a road circuit. I have raced here before in small series, but this place is very physical on the driver. We worked well in the morning and learned quite a number of things. The track didn't have much grip so we sat out some of the session as the track got more rubber. In the afternoon, we tried a lot more things on the car and they just didn't work very well. So we'll go back to what we used in the morning. I think we all got a little excited to road race again. I know I was over driving the car too much at times. We haven't had a road racing event since April at St. Pete and we all enjoy this kind of driving. I feel we learned a lot today and should be much better on Saturday.
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It needs to happen. Even if we are the dominant one right now, it can switch back in any direction. We'll never get back to the way we were as long as there's a split. If there's two series, we'll never get back to that. Everybody knows that. It's just (a question of) whether they'll do it or not.
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It was short but he got to do what he wanted to do and he made it to the top level. That's a part of our job. It just comes with the territory and its just how its going to be.
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It's been a long time coming, but now we have a fine facility for first responders.
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It's great to finally have a full-blown solid weekend. Pit strategy was the main thing, just like everybody anticipated.
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It's great to finally have a full-blown solid weekend. The pit stops were excellent like always. The car was good. (Engineer) Tim (Reiter) and I hit it off all weekend. We've been spot on, didn't make hardly any changes. The Honda power was awesome this weekend.
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Nobody in the paddock was happier to see last season end than I. I worked hard this off season and I am really looking forward to 2006. I am optimistic that this is going to be a big year for us. There is a lot of similarity between this year and 2004 in that a lot of people are overlooking us heading into the season. I think we will surprise a few of the so called experts.
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Pikes Peak is a nice track and it is a lot of fun to drive. The high altitude does have an effect on the power of the engine, but Honda does a great job of adjusting to the thin air. We have some new things on the car that I think will help make us more competitive. I'd like to see our luck change at Pikes Peak.
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