Fifth Anniversary For Earnhardt Jr. At Daytona
Quotes from: DALE EARNHARDT JR. / Driver, #8 Budweiser Chevrolet:
On this being the fifth-year anniversary of his 2001 Pepsi 400 win:
“That was a special win for me. I wouldn't mind having that car for this race, because it was probably the best car I've ever had here. It was a just like my Daytona 500-winning car (in 2004) in that it would go wherever I wanted it to go… it would stick and haul ass. That was a cool night for me, and for the fans. It doesn't seem like five years ago. It seems like yesterday it's so vivid. A lot of emotions went into that race, and it was one we'll keep in the scrap book for a long time.”
On restrictor plate racing:
“There's not a lot to it. I just get in and tell the team whether it's slow or fast. I don't really know what they change to make it better. We've got some gains to make at the plate tracks. We're not as strong as we used to be, because we really started focusing on the intermediate speedways. We were losing a lot of points on those types of tracks, and we needed to improve. I think it's pretty obvious we've gotten a lot better at those tracks this year. Because of that, I don't think we're the dominant restrictor-plate team that we used to be, but we're still very competitive on the plate tracks. I think we're still in the top-three. We always take strong cars and strong motors. We're still capable of winning any of these restrictor-plate races.” continue reading
On this being the fifth-year anniversary of his 2001 Pepsi 400 win:
“That was a special win for me. I wouldn't mind having that car for this race, because it was probably the best car I've ever had here. It was a just like my Daytona 500-winning car (in 2004) in that it would go wherever I wanted it to go… it would stick and haul ass. That was a cool night for me, and for the fans. It doesn't seem like five years ago. It seems like yesterday it's so vivid. A lot of emotions went into that race, and it was one we'll keep in the scrap book for a long time.”
On restrictor plate racing:
“There's not a lot to it. I just get in and tell the team whether it's slow or fast. I don't really know what they change to make it better. We've got some gains to make at the plate tracks. We're not as strong as we used to be, because we really started focusing on the intermediate speedways. We were losing a lot of points on those types of tracks, and we needed to improve. I think it's pretty obvious we've gotten a lot better at those tracks this year. Because of that, I don't think we're the dominant restrictor-plate team that we used to be, but we're still very competitive on the plate tracks. I think we're still in the top-three. We always take strong cars and strong motors. We're still capable of winning any of these restrictor-plate races.” continue reading
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