I have to be honest and say I think NASCAR was a lot more proactive in this situation than anybody has given them credit for. Did Dale's accident speed that up? Yes it did. |
I like driving the 45, ... That's the car I want to quit racing in. |
I look at it as smart growth. Smart marketing. Is there a case to be made that we're too many places and we're too many places too fast? There probably is. But at the same time, there's not a seat to be had in the house, and people are tuning in all over the country. So you can't argue against it, either. |
I never thought I had to live up to Richard Petty, ... I never had to live up to anything but what I expected. |
I run 20-25 miles during the week ... but you really watch what you eat, I think that's the main thing. |
I'm happy, but not surprised. We ran good down here last year. |
I'm not sure anyone has ever done it there before. |
If Adam was here, I probably wouldn't be driving today. |
If you asked me four or five years ago I'd have said it wasn't important (to have a proven winner). If you asked me three years ago, I'd probably have said it was a little more important and if you asked me last year I probably would have said it's critical. |
In a lot of ways it's just like wine. It's aged very, very well. I just think everything about the place has gotten better. |
It was a night race when nothing else was a night race, |
It's a funny thing, because I thought the longer I went, the easier it would get. The truth is, the longer it goes, the harder it gets. |
It's a runaway. In 10 races, it can be close, but it also can be a blowout. And a blowout in the Chase is like watching San Francisco score four touchdowns against San Diego in the first 3½ of the Super Bowl. Nobody stayed for the second quarter. |
It's no secret that I love driving sports car and especially racing in the Rolex 24. Brian has been generous enough to let me share this ride, and it's pretty cool to have Boris as a teammate as well. Boris is a tremendous road-racer and he has proved he can win in anything he races. Brian is a competitor, too, but more importantly, he's just a great guy. I'm excited about this weekend. |
It's where we need to be as much as anything else. |