[As Roush and I sat in chairs and chatted outside the No. 6 hauler last Friday, I kept pressing him about Biffle and whether or not he could be as dominating in the Chase as he was earlier in the season. But instead of talking about the Biff and the No. 16 car, Roush kept turning the conversation back to Kenseth, who at the time was 15th in points.] I really think Matt can still make the Chase, ... He's got a good car this weekend and his team is starting to come on. |
[So for the rest of the NASCAR field it's all about looking ahead to 2006. And more discussion of Brian France's puzzling proposal to limit the size of Cup operations:] If owning a NASCAR team is so great, then ask Rusty Wallace and some of these other guys why they're not jumping in the water, ... Because you have to be borderline insane to want to do this, given the financial risks involved. |
All those things stayed away from us tonight. |
Bob Osborne and Wally Brown are both very talented engineers and crew chiefs. Bob has certainly proven his ability to win and I have no doubt that Wally will do the same. |
But Matt stuck with all of his guys and he stuck with the strategy that we had. He's got the maturity to know this is a cyclical business with ups and downs and he was not gonna give up on the good thing he thought he had going when it was down and he was gonna wait for it to turn and it has. He's been right. |
But we've got a really nice group of cars that can go do pretty much do on any given day what anybody can do in the business. If we don't put them (all) in the top 10, it's going to be because I've done something to screw them up. |
Carl does everything he can every lap. |
Fact is, Carl is a young man of great potential and enthusiasm. He's on a learning curve that's straight up and it'd be more likely he'd have a great result this year than it was him having a great result last year. He doesn't need to focus on not losing, he doesn't need to focus on hanging on, he just needs to go out and do what's natural, which is what got him where he is. |
Fielding a third truck in Atlanta will enable David to run in front of his hometown crowd, friends and family. It will also gain him some additional seat time in preparation for his stint driving the No. 6. We're looking forward to getting David a jump start on his 2006 schedule. |
For him to have led this team to three victories and to have the blue sky that he's got and the potential he's got, it is beyond my wildest imagination, |
He never raised his hand and said there wasn't on the table the things he need to do his business. He just needed the time for it to work out. |
He proved he could keep a truck or racing vehicle off the wall. |
He said, 'I don't want to negotiate with you for 2007,' ... I said, 'OK,' and he said, 'I want to be released for 2006.' I said 'not OK.' |
He's as cold-blooded as any driver I've ever worked with, |
I am delighted by AAA's decision to expand its auto racing sponsorship through their partnership with Roush Racing for the 2006-2008 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race seasons. |