Lesson Learned – Johnson The Safe Bet For 2011

by | Feb 10, 2011 | NASCAR

Lesson Learned – Johnson The Safe Bet For 2011

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Feb. 10, 2011) – No long shots, no dark horses. All limbs remained unoccupied.

The NASCAR media corps played it safe in the annual NASCARMedia.com preseason poll, picking five-time defending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson to win his sixth title – and come one short of Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt for most all-time.
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Mark Martin Press Conference

by | Feb 10, 2011 | NASCAR

Mark Martin Press Conference

MARK MARTIN, NO. 5 GODADDY CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at NASCAR Media Day and discussed Danica Patrick, NASCAR safety, Dale Earnhardt, Sr and other topics. Full transcript:

REGARDING DANICA PATRICK: “You know its not so much of where you can slide these cars because you can slide these cars pretty much at some places and not so much in other places and if you think you are at one of the places where you can, and you do, and it’s not, then it’s not so good today. So you have to learn these things through driving them and one thing that you need to take notice of is that she has not wadded-up any race cars. How many newcomers come in and don’t? You know? So give her a break. (laughs) You know she is really up against a lot. You know, it’s a lot.”

ARE YOU GOING TO CONTINUE TO COACH HER A LITTLE BIT WHEN YOU CAN?
“I don’t know. You know I am happy and I like Tony Jr. a lot. And I have a…………..I care a lot about Junior Motorsports and my last Nationwide win came from that group and so we will see in the future. I have a full time job right now and that is what I have to keep telling people that I have a full time job and I kind of have to keep my focus and priorities there and we will see when we get further down the road what else I can do. I would certainly like to do more things in the future but for 2011 my plate is stacked about right.”

MARK YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW THE CARS DRIVE BUT HOW HAS THE SKILLSET OF THE DRIVERS CHANGED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS BECAUSE A DRIVER MAY HAVE TO DRIVE A CAR THAT IS NOT HANDLING AS WELL THROUGH A LONGER GREEN FLAG CYCLE SINCE THE AMOUNT OF CAUTIONS HAVE GONE DOWN? “That is very observant and I applaud you for being that aware. But you have to do that all through the years and all through your career you have to adapt to…………the duty right now is different than it was a few years ago and it was different then, than a few years ago before that. And the very best drivers adapt to what the demand is quicker.”
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TONY STEWART – Standing Tall as the Bar Rises

by | Feb 9, 2011 | NASCAR

TONY STEWART

Standing Tall as the Bar Rises

KANNAPOLIS, N.C., (Feb. 9, 2011) – Two championships. Thirty-nine wins. Twelve poles. One hundred and fifty-three top-five finishes. Two hundred and forty-seven top-10 finishes. Those are the numbers that Tony Stewart has accumulated in his 12 years as a full-time driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the last two of which have been as a driver/owner with Stewart-Haas Racing, where the pilot of the No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet Impala has nabbed six point-paying wins and two poles.

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