Robbie Loomis
Robbie Loomis
Robert "Robbie" Loomisis a former NASCAR crew chief who worked for Petty Enterprises and Hendrick Motorsports during his time as a crew chief, working most notably with Richard Petty and Jeff Gordon. Loomis won the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship as Gordon's crew chief, and collected a total of 26 wins and 98 top 5s...
bigger business definitely establish felt mom personal ready time
I felt like I was definitely ready to look at the business in a lot bigger light, and at the same time establish a way to do that to give myself some more personal time to take with my mom and my family,
bottom chase line win works
In life, everything has its time, ... You'd like to think that something works forever, but it is a performance-driven sport and the bottom line is that you have to perform. If we were to get into the chase and win the championship, I don't see anything changing.
petty step toward trying
This is just another step toward what we want to do at Petty Enterprises. We keep trying to do it every day and keep getting better and better.
work
To do that, I've got a lot of things I've got to work through.
anybody bobby car equal great test
Bobby is as great as anybody who has ever raced here. It's a real test for us to give him a car equal to his ability.
crossing obviously people
You go right up to the line. Some people are obviously crossing over it.
chance dark forward giving glad great opportunity
So this is a great opportunity that's out there for us. I'm glad we've got a chance to get back in it. It's really giving us something to look forward to, in such a dark situation.
clear quite rebuilding start
are quite clear - get things stabilized, and then start the rebuilding process.
develop front guys happening happens jeff motion obviously seeing slow
Really, here, it's all about hand-eye coordination, and obviously for Jeff Gordon, everything that happens here happens in slow motion for him. For a lot of guys it's happening real fast. For Jeff, he's seeing it develop way out in front of him.
coming either richard stay work
Richard told me 'I know you're either going to stay where you are, or you're coming to work for me. There are a lot of things out there for you, but that's all there is to it. And you know what you need to do.'
crank wheel
I can't do anything with it, ... I can crank the wheel and it won't do anything. Something is going on.
left trying work
We've got a lot of work left to do. We just keep trying every day to get better.
finish love situations walk win
It's one of those situations you'd love for it to be a storybook finish and you win the championship and walk off into the sunset,
both capable guys jeff known obvious people smart steve success work worked
It's obvious those guys work well together, but that's no surprise. Jeff has known and worked with Steve for a long time. Both of them are smart and capable people and I think they are going to have a lot of success together.