Shelmerdine and Daytona: "So, Your Saying I Have A Shot!"
Shelmerdine Looking to Pull off the Impossible Again
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., -- Kirk Shelmerdine pulled off the Cinderella story of Speedweeks 2006 when he qualified for the 48th annual Daytona 500 as an independent team.
Shelmerdine, operating on a shoe-string budget with only two full-time employees and a third one hired for Daytona, qualified 42nd and finished 20th in NASCAR’s biggest, richest and most prestigious race. Among the notable names who failed to qualify included Kenny Wallace and Evernham Motorsports’ Scott Riggs.
The former crew chief that led Dale Earnhardt to four of his seven NASCAR championships says that making the field for the 49th annual Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 18 gets tougher every year.
“It was impossible last year and that’s what we do here at Kirk Shelmerdine Racing is the impossible,” Shelmerdine said before he began testing on Thursday. “It’s gets tougher every week. We’re a year later and the same thing that got it done last year won’t get it done this time. We have to improve on it. That’s why we’re down here now.
“Last year, we had a snowball’s chance and that’s about the same right now too. We’re doing everything we can. It would be really great. We’re not out of it. The car is much faster than it was in testing a year ago relative to the other cars. We’ve found a few things since then. We still think it’s a pretty good car. We got a shot at it.”
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., -- Kirk Shelmerdine pulled off the Cinderella story of Speedweeks 2006 when he qualified for the 48th annual Daytona 500 as an independent team.
Shelmerdine, operating on a shoe-string budget with only two full-time employees and a third one hired for Daytona, qualified 42nd and finished 20th in NASCAR’s biggest, richest and most prestigious race. Among the notable names who failed to qualify included Kenny Wallace and Evernham Motorsports’ Scott Riggs.
The former crew chief that led Dale Earnhardt to four of his seven NASCAR championships says that making the field for the 49th annual Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 18 gets tougher every year.
“It was impossible last year and that’s what we do here at Kirk Shelmerdine Racing is the impossible,” Shelmerdine said before he began testing on Thursday. “It’s gets tougher every week. We’re a year later and the same thing that got it done last year won’t get it done this time. We have to improve on it. That’s why we’re down here now.
“Last year, we had a snowball’s chance and that’s about the same right now too. We’re doing everything we can. It would be really great. We’re not out of it. The car is much faster than it was in testing a year ago relative to the other cars. We’ve found a few things since then. We still think it’s a pretty good car. We got a shot at it.”
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sounds like something MarvinTripp would say... 8^)
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