Ricky Craven Quotes


Ricky Craven

It would be difficult for me to entertain thoughts of substituting for a year (on the Cup tour),

You have to be careful because you could make this vanilla,

Then all of a sudden things started going wrong, ... It was a bit strange.

I expected to be challenged coming into this season, ... We knew that this was a new series and there were some newer things, but we were familiar with some things. We expected to struggle early, but we came out of the gates very strong and we were very consistent. Then we just struggled, but we`re still battling.

It`s good for the sport because every sport has favorites and underdogs.

This season has really been a tale of two seasons for me,

If a caution comes out late in the race, it`s a free-for all. When the caution came out in the `70s, all it did was bring three or four cars together because 10th place was eight or nine laps down.

It`s going to be supported and it`s going to be a big event. I expect we`ll see the same finishes that we`ve seen here in the past.

It`s a sport that will reward you for being selfish.

If there were a track on the circuit where I wished we raced more it would be New Hampshire. The fact that I have always liked the track as a competitor does not hurt either. I always felt I had a slight home court advantage over the other drivers because I have run so many laps there, and I use that to my advantage.






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