I am going to be doing some practicing on Thursday and Friday and we run some qualifying heats on Saturday, ... I've wanted to do this for a while. I wanted to have a good car when we did it. I think we've got a good car. |
I am pretty well retired, ... I run Slinger and Milwaukee and certain other shows. It's kind of like a hobby. |
I did it for a living, made a career out of it, but now I've turned it into somewhat of a hobby. |
I don't race a lot, half a dozen (races) a year maybe. |
I feel I have lived during one of the best eras of racing there ever was. From Rudolph, Wis., to Daytona, it has increased 1,000-fold. When I first started racing you were looked down upon. Now, you're a celebrity and I'm not just talking about myself. Even if racing hadn't gotten so popular, I would still have done it. |
I love Wisconsin, but it made my life better (when he went to Cup racing). I had done about everything in short tracks that you can do. It was a new challenge for me to come down here and it gave me a new look on life. It was a different battlefield that gave me a new lease on life. |
I play with my tractors and live somewhat of a family life and just try to enjoy trying to retire sooner or later. |
I said we've got to fix it good enough to be able to get it back on the truck. We did that, and had a little time left. I thought, Hey, let's work on it a little more and get it good enough so we can get some starting money.' |
It started as a hobby when I was a kid, and I'm finishing as a hobby. |
It was junk. The motor was broken out of place, the front end was smashed. It was only a couple of hours before the race, so I thought we were done, |
It's a long way from Rudolph to Daytona, ... I feel I raced in a great era and in a great place. I was very fortunate. |
It's a long way from Rudolph to Daytona. I feel I raced in a great era and in a great place. I was very fortunate. |
Larry and Kathy (his wife) were both close friends of mine. I thought a lot of them. I still do. |
Not yet, when I'm gone I'll be a legend, right now I'm just very good at what I do. |
Probably the biggest story was when I got married in '61, |