Jim Hunter
Jim Hunter
car difference drive name
Everyone knows, sponsorships drive this sport, ... There's a difference between a car going around with a name on it and a 30-second commercial.
cars daytona happen instead less research safe scientific shade solution sure whatever
It's become a problem. We know it's a problem. Any solution that we look for, we have to make sure we don't make the cars less safe instead of more safe. That's the No. 1 thing ... We've got to make sure that whatever we do to cars that it's scientific and not shade tree. We've thought about this before. I think we'll ratchet up the research and get a lot more input, but I don't think it will happen before the Daytona 500.
cars date less safe solution sure
It's become a problem, and we know it's a problem, but any solution we come up with to date we have to make sure we don't make the cars any less safe than more safe.
far ticket traffic
It's a traffic ticket as far as we know.
contract involved longer
They are no longer involved in the contract negotiations,
allow attention change divisions elite focus grand modified nascar national number support touring
Support for the Elite Divisions has been on the downswing for a number of years. This change will allow NASCAR to focus more attention on the Grand National and Modified touring divisions.
black doubt
It's a black eye. There's no doubt about that.
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It's affecting us and the teams like everybody else in America. It's hurting us in the pocketbook. Everybody works off a budget. I've seen comments from team managers who said they're way over budget. When they were making their budgets last November for this season, who would have thought that gas would be $3 a gallon? It's pretty significant considering how much gas we use in our normal course of business.
best cars decide equal innovative served strategy teams
We want the drivers, the crews and the strategy to decide a race, not some little innovative deal. We want the cars to be as equal as can be and let the best teams win. That has served the sport pretty well to date.
whatever
We'd do whatever we could, and I don't think we'd be boneheaded about it. I'm not intimating that they're boneheaded, because I don't know the circumstances.
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We'd do whatever we could, and I don't think we'd be boneheaded about it, ... I'm not intimating that they're boneheaded, because I don't know the circumstances.
affecting affects cars drive fans fuel price
The price of fuel right now is affecting us just like it affects every other American, ... It affects our teams, fans and all of us who drive cars to and from work.
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We're going to do whatever we need to do, whether it's to park a guy for a week or park a guy for nine weeks. We're going to do whatever we need to do to prevent retaliation on the racetrack.
among bull forward horns tried work
We've tried to let them work out their differences among themselves. It hasn't worked. We're going to take the bull by the horns and go forward with this.