Apart from that, the car was pretty good. I just didn't have the speed at the end because of the front wing. |
As a driver you're always second-guessing yourself, thinking maybe you're the problem. It does lift the pressure off. |
Going into (Turn) 5, I got beside him and he sort of closed the door as well, so I pretty much thought he knew I was there. |
He'll be driving our car for selected races. |
I didn't have a clue what was going on in the race all day. I was just trying to go as fast as the car would let me, but I couldn't turn the car on the slow speed corners. |
I don't thing the positions would have changed. Tony and I might have had a bit of a fight (for second). |
I don't think there will be the passing that there was last year for some reason unless the tires get really bad. The rear tires could get bad, and that is when people will start making mistakes. Last year, the Honda definitely had the speed to pass down the straight. |
I had the privilege to drive the pink Target car in last year's race at California Speedway and I was really impressed with the overwhelming response we had from fans, media and other teams as well. It's a cause that touches us all and it's great that the team was able to take it a step further this year and field two pink cars. We hope to make an even greater impact in this year's race and certainly a trip to victory circle would help that effort and bring our 2005 season to a much more satisfying end. |
I think it's always been a dream or, you know, growing up in New Zealand, that's mainly what I watched, and it's probably similar for Dan growing up in Europe. I don't know. It's still a dream. It's very difficult. |
I think once the winter hit and we knew the package was changing, I think everybody [on the team] got a renewed confidence. |
I was confident we could hold them off before the yellow, but wasn't sure about the restart. We got a great start though. |
I'm pretty disappointed because we had such a good run going. The car was just fantastic. On that last stop, I lost the clutch, stalled it and fell back too many spots to make a decent comeback. |
It was a good day. I think the team in general got through what they needed to get through. I think at the end it was more about tows, so the speed doesn't say much. I think we were more comfortable at those speeds than some others. Some people pulled out some big laps. All in all, I'm pretty happy. Its nice to have some power and be consistently at the top. |
It went well. It was a good follow up to what we did in Phoenix. It's nice to be near the top of the scoreboard at the end of each day. For a team test and everybody here, we got what we need to get done. Hopefully, we'll move up a qualifying spot for the St. Petersburg street race. |
It went well. It was a good follow up to what we did in Phoenix. It's nice to be near the top of the scoreboard at the end of each day. I think we kind of got a little bit lost during the mid-part of the day with the compound of tires we had here. We didn't get much out of it in the last few runs. For a team test and everybody here, we got what we need to get done. Hopefully, we'll move up a qualifying spot for the St. Petersburg street race. |