[Her team and owner have confidence in her abilities.] I got to meet Erin, and the more I was around her, the more I knew she was special, ... As I got to see her drive the sprint car, I knew she wasn't just a good lady driver, she's a good race car driver. |
and we're going to lend our trucks and truck drivers to take some product down there. |
Erin is a very special person and we've seen her display great talent behind the wheel of a stock car this year in the ARCA RE/MAX Series. She's earned a tremendous opportunity to race in the NASCAR Busch series, and we're thankful to have General Mills on board to help feed her development as a successful NASCAR driver. |
Erin not having raced on pavement a lot and not having raced traffic and things like that, we felt this would be a better way to get more experience racing without having all the pressure. In fairness to her, I want her to learn without people running all over her all of the time. |
Erin was beating up on me before and I said, `There's two people you never beat up on -- your owner and your spotter -- and you just beat up on both of them,' |
He just doesn't feel like his cars felt like last year. |
He's had some bad luck, and now, people are unhappy. I guess that's to be expected. |
He's very interested in being a team owner, and I want to help him get started just like Rick Hendrick helped me get started, |
I can't ever remember him not responding in a clutch situation, |
I can't ever remember him not responding in a clutch situation. He's what I call a big-money player. Whenever there was a big challenge or big money on the line he would seem to step up. |
I can't stand here and say it's the guy with the most money. I think it's the guy that, right now, has got the best stuff. |
I don't know if NASCAR should be concerned, but I'm concerned. Really, there's a part of me that's concerned, and there's a part of me that takes my hat off to Jack Roush. It's pretty amazing what the man's done. |
I knew she wasn't just a good lady driver, this girl was a great race car driver, ... she was very hungry to do more, somewhat impatient, hence the name `fiery redhead.' She would constantly grab me by the shirt and say, `Dad,' as she calls me, `when are we going to race some more? |
I'm not really a gambler, but I know if you go to Vegas and bet five numbers instead of one that your odds are better of winning. His odds are certainly better than anybody's right now. |
I'm very loyal to my friends and family in New Jersey. When someone I went to high school with calls and asks for help, I'm going to do what I can to get the word out. |