All the emotion of a championship that other sports had is now part of our sport. |
An argument can be made either way, but as time goes on a stronger argument may be that an owner with multiple teams contributes to the roadblocks. That's an issue NASCAR has to take a hard look at. |
Anyone who chooses to do anything that alters the outcome of the positions in this race or in the Chase, we will act quickly and severely, ... If we see anyone attempting to manipulate the outcome of this race, the Chase, or any race from here on out, we will handle it. You've never seen that here, and you never will. |
As we got deeper in the event tonight, it was obvious this was an abnormal evening. No one will be docked points because the teams responded. |
Certainly, they've had more reasons to go into a slump than some other teams. I think it's cyclical in our sport for teams to go up and down, whether it's chemistry changes or what have you. |
Earnhardt was unchallenged in expressing himself. He had no qualms about sitting down and taking us to task or asking us questions or voicing his opinion. |
Everyone that was a part of the evening certainly would like to figure out how to not have another evening like this one, ... It was extremely undesirable. |
Generally tracks get faster, temporarily, after they are resurfaced. Then they go back to normal. If there is a problem, we're staying in close touch with Humpy and the people at Lowe's and we'll deal with it. |
George is a great friend. He's a very smart man, and a lot of the processes and procedures that NASCAR benefits from today, he brought to the table. |
I am not leaving NASCAR and I have not been offered a job by DEI, |
I am very thankful to the France family and as long as Bill France and Jim France and the family will keep me there, I hope to stay there. |
I think everybody who was part of it would like to figure out how not to have another evening like this one. It was extremely undesirable. |
I think there's certainly an incredible emotion around the black 3. But I think with the right circumstances at Richard Childress Racing, and whether it's Dale Jr. or another driver that deserves a shot at earning that respect, I think it can be done. |
I've been called a redneck myself, and that's OK. I'm proud of that. I have no bones about that. However, it's not a very nice term to use any more, I don't think, because it's been stereotyped in such a bad way. |
In some ways it amazes me that we were able to continue even into Rockingham the next weekend. But all that activity helped the healing process. You just got up every day, hoping the next day that you'd be good for the next step. Just being active and by running races and going to racetracks, it was almost like physical therapy. |