Jim Hunter
Jim Hunter
among athletes discussed felt happened middle past points sort tried work
I think we have always tried to let the athletes work this out among themselves, with us sort of getting in the middle and mediating, and I think suspensions for what happened this past weekend, it was discussed and we felt that the points and the fines were enough at that point.
leave third
I think after two years, we'll probably leave it in place for a third year. It's working very well.
gain intent performance
I think it was a mistake. That doesn't make it right, but I don't think there was any intent to gain a performance advantage.
bad care drivers everywhere hesitant likes period rivalry time year
I think today's drivers are hesitant to get into a rivalry because they could be the bad guy. Look at Jimmie Johnson. There was a period of time here this year he was booed everywhere he went. No one likes to be booed. I don't care who you are.
greater range sound
The range is greater for sound than for sight.
magic nascar racing
Part of the magic of NASCAR and NASCAR racing is the accessibility.
behind folks gain public relations scenes
He was a real professional and one of the nicest, hardest-working public relations folks in racing. He was always working behind the scenes to gain more respectability and exposure.
attract build knew vision
He knew that Indianapolis was there, and I think his vision was to build something different from Indianapolis, but that would attract that kind of crowd.
anytime best change commitment name ok sure whatever
Whatever is best for them is going to be OK with us. Anytime you've got the commitment to a sponsorship that is as big a commitment as this is, we want to make sure they get everything they deserve. If they think a name change is in order, that's OK with us.
anytime people pressures race raised type
Anytime you have a race with the kind of pressures that are on people in this type of environment, you're going to have some raised tempers,
across cars country fact forth fuel nfl ours planes races team took typical
It was just the fact that ours (fuel use) was so visible; our cars used gas. If you took a typical NFL weekend, with planes criss-crossing the country with teams, one team would use as much or more fuel back and forth across the country than we would in 10 races or so.
himself officials
he told our officials what he was going to do and he conducted himself in a professional manner.
based cutting himself opinion people present talking took until
I don't think they present things the way Dale did. Dale had a way of cutting through all the stuff. He wouldn't tell them something until he had all the facts. It wouldn't be just his opinion. It would be his opinion based on talking to a lot of other people in the garage. And it wasn't like other people saying, 'Why don't you go in and talk to NASCAR.' Dale took it on himself to do that.
ahead delighted finally firm local work
I'm delighted the work is finally going ahead and a local firm is to do it,