Larry Dixon
Larry Dixon
coming defend entire happy last proud season second team title won
Being happy is very important. We won our second championship last season and we have our entire team coming back to try and defend our title again. I'm very proud of that.
hard owed round work
I don't think there is anything owed to us. You've got to go out and work hard for every round win.
beat enjoy fighting good grabbed proud racing second since team
But since we've been fighting for first or second place, it's grabbed the media's attention. I enjoy racing them. They are a good team and when you beat them it's something to be proud of.
car test
We're going to test with the same car, but we have a new car ready.
capable car good indy less points winning
We're less than 100 points out of first place going into Indy and that's where we're at right now. If we're a car that's capable of winning the championship, than we're in pretty good shape.
chance further highest hoping led move peaked towards
I think that '01 was different because we led and then were behind, and in 2002 and '03, I don't think we didn't lead. This year, the highest we've been (in the standings) is third. From my standpoint, you're hoping that you haven't peaked and that you'll peak towards the end of the season, and we'll have to if we're going to have any chance to move up further in the standings.
deal middle points
I think it's a little different when you're in the middle of the points deal for the championship going into Pomona with everything going on,
definitely forward positive
From where we were 15 or 20 years ago, our sport has progressed tremendously and it's definitely going forward in a positive direction.
capable few fuel quite teams top winning
I don't think I've ever raced in Top Fuel when it hasn't been competitive. There are quite a few teams capable of winning the championship.
came car good nice running solid took win
When you're the first pair, you know you're running a car that can run just as good or better than you, so you don't know what to expect. We came out and made a nice solid run and took the win light.
glad win
I'm so glad he was able to see me win this.
jackson phil success
How important has Phil Jackson been to the success of the Lakers? He's very important.
team thinking people
I think it's an extremely important factor to have your team together. It goes back to having distractions. When you all stay together for a period of time you're not training people or feeling out different personalities.
team winning goal
Winning teams have the least amount of distractions. They have a really tight group of people working towards the same common goal.