Horsepower Quotes

(on almost turning down the part of Seely in "Bones" (2005)) I had a difficult first meeting with (the producers) because I`m pretty frank. I was kind of in the mentality of, "This is who I am. This is me. I can offer this. But you don`t have your leading lady yet." ... For me, I come from a stock of family (where) my handshake is better than a contract. And I`ve gotten burnt a lot on that, but I wear my heart on my sleeve and I will continue to. ... I looked at it as an opportunity to take a character, mold him and take a lot of chances. ... I personally am kind of sticking towards the attitude of what it`s like to walk the fine line of potentially having a `69 Chevelle with a 396 under the hood and 375 horsepower, and the fine line of being correct as an FBI officer. (November 22, 2006) And I was kind of conflicted with some of the ideas of `Is this going to be recent bones or . . . a recently decomposed body?` It just didn`t feel right.

I come from a sprint-car background where the cars weigh about 1,200 pounds and have about 850 horsepower, so this car has less horsepower and weighs three times as much, so it`s a big difference to me.

Whew that was some work out there. ... We took a gamble tonight. I have raced here 4 times here this year before tonight and all 4 nights the track got slick. So we decided to go with our 360 tonight and use the less horsepower to our advantage. It figures the track would be heavy. We gave em a good run though and we feel real good about our finish. Next weekend barring any unforeseen problems we should win the VRA/Bandit Sprints Grand Slam. No worries!

The horsepower has been there for quite awhile. With one exception, we`ve been in the top half since last year at Chicago.

The public has the perception that if they`re in a high-performance vehicle that they can get away from us. Now we have the horsepower and handling capability to overcome any high-performance vehicle.

Qualifying is first and foremost, ... Once we can achieve that initial goal, the next objective for California is to finish the race in the top 20. That won`t be easy, but it`s possible even though there are more than 20 world-class drivers competing in the Nextel Cup Series. I really feel the CENTRIX Financial team can do it. I am backed by a quality crew chief, a quality crew and have Hendrick horsepower under the hood of my CENTRIX Financial Chevy.

It definitely has less horsepower and has a different power band. It`s going to require a different driving style, carrying more speed through the corners as you feel the difference when you drive out of them.