Erin Crocker Quotes

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.

Ray Evernham has given me a great opportunity and I have good people around me, so it makes things a lot easier, ... I`m very excited. It is a big step and I don`t have that much stock car experience and I can`t wait to get that first one over and done with. It`s the opportunity of a lifetime.

I wish her a lot of success. I think she`s doing a good job, and hopefully we can both put a good name on the map for women in racing.

It`s not like they`re just throwing me to the wolves and saying, `Here`s a girl, let`s give her an opportunity.` Ray`s really behind me, so he`s put Bill with me and some of the top engineers, so I`m very thankful.

(Bill Elliott) just tells me a lot of different things about the car,

I think Danica`s doing a really good job but I don`t necessarily understand why -- just because we`re two women -- that we`re always being compared,

I`m sure it helps,

I`m ready to fight for it, and I think I can make it happen. Like Ray and Kasey said, it`s a matter of having the right equipment, getting the right funding, learning at the right rate, and not throwing myself into something I`m not ready for. So, there are a lot of factors. It really is a tough business, especially NASCAR.

I just need to get laps,

Stock car racing is where it`s at right now. All my heroes growing up, Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon, I watched them running USAC sprint cars and midgets. This is where they are.