From a driver's standpoint, I'm really going to miss Rockingham and that second date at Darlington. That's from a driver's standpoint, but from a business standpoint, it makes perfect sense. |
He's like family to me. We've not gotten the time together in the last five years that I would like, but that's a product of this business. It requires 100 percent effort 100 percent of the time. |
He's still got a lot of Maine characteristics, |
I certainly wouldn't have arm-wrestled him and made a fool of myself. |
I expected to be challenged coming into this season, ... We knew that this was a new series and there were some newer things, but we were familiar with some things. We expected to struggle early, but we came out of the gates very strong and we were very consistent. Then we just struggled, but we're still battling. |
I'm just going to enjoy this week more than any other on the schedule, ... Hopefully we can come out of here with a good finish and finish the season strong. |
I'm really, really disappointed with our finish. You can't get speed out on the track. You've got to bring speed to the racetrack. |
If a caution comes out late in the race, it's a free-for all. When the caution came out in the '70s, all it did was bring three or four cars together because 10th place was eight or nine laps down. |
If there were a track on the circuit where I wished we raced more it would be New Hampshire. The fact that I have always liked the track as a competitor does not hurt either. I always felt I had a slight home court advantage over the other drivers because I have run so many laps there, and I use that to my advantage. |
If we come into the race with the idea that we have to do everything we can to save fuel, there will be 36 cautions and fuel will be irrelevant, |
It has become big business and when you look at next year's schedule, |
It would be difficult for me to entertain thoughts of substituting for a year [on the Cup tour], |
It's a sport that will reward you for being selfish. |
It's going to be supported and it's going to be a big event. I expect we'll see the same finishes that we've seen here in the past. |
It's good for the sport because every sport has favorites and underdogs. |