Mike Helton
Mike Helton
Michael "Mike" Heltonis the vice chairman of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. He replaced Bill France, Jr. in November 2000 as the company's 3rd president. He was named Chief Operating Officer of NASCAR in February 1999...
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Shut up, kids! Don't make me pull this car over. I'll do it! I'll do it!
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It's just a matter of getting down to the details of each proposal. We want to be very careful with this decision. It's going to be hard to tell two of these groups no.
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Its hard to explain the commitment that this area has to whatever it does, ... Im excited for this campaign because I know the entire community is behind it. ... The bottom line is that caring and compassion take money to make things happen.
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It has been since 1994 that a single-car team owner has won a championship. If we allowed the current trend to keep going, down the road 10 years we might be saying that it has been since 2005 than a car owner with two teams has won a title.
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The Car of Tomorrow represents one of the sport's most significant innovations, and we feel everyone involved in NASCAR will experience the benefits. No subject is more important than safety. And, while the Car of Tomorrow was built around safety considerations, the competition and cost improvements will prove vital as well.
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talked about a lot of options, including the possibility of having to shorten the race.
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Anyone who chooses to do anything that alters the outcome of the positions in this race or in the Chase, we will act quickly and severely, ... If we see anyone attempting to manipulate the outcome of this race, the Chase, or any race from here on out, we will handle it. You've never seen that here, and you never will.
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We talked about a lot of options ... and the recommended air pressure was the one we came up with to try to get through the evening. Certainly, we talked about a lot of options ? including the possibility of having to shorten the race. But we never got to that extreme.
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This type of behavior cannot be tolerated and is in no way indicative of the manner in which our drivers, teams, tracks and sponsors interact with the media.
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Earnhardt was unchallenged in expressing himself. He had no qualms about sitting down and taking us to task or asking us questions or voicing his opinion.
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We were down with four minutes left and Allison got us going. She scored four of six points in a crucial stretch for us. Bridgette Eastman hit a shot that tied it and Stout gave us the lead.
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You basically have to start over from scratch.
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We've guaranteed ourselves at least a tie for the conference championship. We crossed that big hurdle tonight.
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We are going to be closely watching. Take this as your warning: We will act very quickly and very severely if we feel anyone's out there manipulating the race outcome or The Chase outcome.