Maybe this will put the dreaded Intrepid thing to rest. Maybe the Charger is the way we need to go. |
Obviously, keeping secrets in this garage isn't particularly a tradition or anything. You have the three main methods of communication ... telephone, telegraph and tell somebody in the Cup garage. Still, it could be done. |
Our focus has to be the 43 car because that's our brand. That's who we are. In a day and time when everything is marketing, we can't afford to let that brand go away. |
Robbie has been a part of our family for a long time, and we're happy to have him come home, |
Stock car racing wasn't exactly a part of everybody's household back then, especially since it wasn't on TV a whole lot early in his career. But, everywhere we went, people knew who he was. He was The King - and he still is. |
The demand was really for the night race. You could always get tickets to the day race up here in the spring. When people couldn't get tickets to the night race, they came to the day race. TV did a lot for the night race. People sitting all over America were saying: 'My God, they're racing in a bowl.' They were used to Daytona and Charlotte. I think it's the curiosity as much as anything. |
The driver that you have to sell on safety shouldn't be driving. |
The guys at the shop were here when Adam's accident happened, the majority of those guys. So it's huge for them to think, OK, five years ago for us, where we were at, and then where we are at this year at Daytona is a huge difference. |
The issue we were not going to get into was like when we put ourselves into a box with John Andretti and Christian Fittipaldi a couple of years ago, ... We wanted to keep three teams but we didn't have a sponsor. We went out and hired a driver but we couldn't find a sponsor for the team ... but had to pay a driver for a couple of years that we didn't have a car for. We're not going to put ourselves in that position again. |
The loss of a child is totally different because it's contrary to nature, ... When it happens, you question everything you've ever known. |
The problem isn't necessarily the driver signing a contract in August of 2005 to race for another team in 2007, |
There?s always only five or six guys, maybe seven or eight guys that can win. |
There's always only five or six guys, maybe seven or eight guys that can win. There's another 15 or 20 that can slide in and win. When you look at the consistent guys, I'm only going to pick the standard seven or eight. |
This is the greatest marathon I've ever seen. |
This sponsorship allows us some friendly competition, which is always fun. We are especially grateful to Checkers for their donation to the Victory Junction Gang, our camp for terminally ill children. We look forward to racing the Checkers Gator car at Miami. |