Alex Barron
Alex Barron
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It's just pleasing to me to have a young man like that in our program because the reason he's at school is academics first and he's applied himself, not only on the court but off the court.
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I'm really looking forward to my first Daytona 24 hour race. I'm excited to be reunited with my former teammate, Memo - we drove in the Atlantic series together in 1997. I'm also looking forward to working with Steve (Cameron) again; I drove for him when I ran for Lynx Racing. This team won the last race of the season last year and I feel that they're definitely capable of winning the Rolex 24.
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The biggest thing was traveling around with the team. It was a little different than this level. It was more family-oriented. It was a smaller group, and everybody was always looking out for one another. At this level, it doesn't happen that way. There are so many people and so much turnover, it's different than a steppingstone like that. That's what made that step so genuine; not only were we winning, but we were all really tight together.
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They've kind of turned this series into what the IRL didn't want to happen,
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I've heard some of that talk going around but nothing has progressed for doing something next year. With Sam leaving, it's the start of the 'Silly Season' and there will be a domino effect. We haven't talked yet so there is nothing going on but I expect something to happen in the next few weeks.
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So a lot of people are buying the stocks in anticipation that the demand is going to be strong.
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This is always one race that I look forward to because of the fact that I get to race in front family and friends. Plus, I've had some really good races there. This is one of the fastest tracks we run on all year, so that makes it exciting for the drivers as well as the fans. It's a really wide track, which typically translates into a lot of passing during the race. Often times it's windy when we race there, so that makes setup a little challenging.
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As far as I know, I was just getting him some rest, ... As much rest as he needs.
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Once we went green, the car handled beautifully. We were flat out until the end. We showed some really good speed.
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The miss relative to our estimate was primarily driven by California, where a number of communities we expected to open in the fourth quarter were delayed into 2006.
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It was a long day for us. Nothing seemed to click once the race started. I'm not quite sure what it was, but we just need to go back and look at the data to see why we weren't quick, especially at the beginning of our stints. I was sliding around quite a bit, and had a couple of long slides on restarts. We had a bit of a problem early making a wing adjustment during our first stop, and I spun late. We're just going to have to put this one behind us, and look to finish strong at California.
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The smaller teams now find it difficult to run up front in the IRL. A couple of teams that have been there with the IRL since the start are going to struggle to be there next year.
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Racing the 24 Hours was something I wanted to do, but I'd been waiting for the right opportunity. There are a lot of good drivers and car combinations. Steve called with a chance to co-drive a potential winner.
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I am just here taking this all in. They are doing a great job of working with me, trying to prepare me and things like that. Hopefully I can put it all together and be successful.