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Q&A: Carmichael on NASCAR move

Again, we want to make sure we do the process right. We're going to take our time. We're going to do it right. This could be a two, three, four, five year plan. Whatever it takes. But the ability is there, the attitude is there, the determination is there. And that's half the battle.

Q:
Ricky, do you have any race car experience at all?

Ricky Carmichael:
Yeah, I do. I have a little bit of race car experience with testing and this and that. I can tell you that I've driven enough that those guys are amazing. It's definitely a challenge. There's a lot going on.

But, yeah, I have some experience.

Q:
In your motorcycle schedule for next year, do you plan to try to defend your Supercross title at Daytona?

Ricky Carmichael:
Yeah. Actually, you know, that's probably one of my favorite races that I do all year. Definitely looking forward to it. Yeah, I got that penciled in on my Supercross schedule. I'm looking forward to it. Man, I love that race. Yeah, that's my favorite race.

Q:
I know you really like Daytona. Have you ever sat back to see the auto racing course, think someday you want to be out there on the big course?

Ricky Carmichael:
Oh, man, you know it. When we go there for that race, we park our transporters coming up for the tri-oval there. It's just like, man, I can't -- it's hard for me to focus on the motorcycle race because it's such a dream of mine to get out there in a stock car on that track. Absolutely. Especially this year when I kind of really wanted to put a foot in NASCAR and try to get something going, that's all I could think about the whole time I was there was, man, I would love to get in a stock car out there.

Q:
Going with Ricky Carmichael was going outside the box. Is that what owners are having to do now, looking outside the box for Juan Pablo or Ricky Carmichael to drive their cars in the future?

Jay Frye:
All those people you just mentioned, they're all winners. It's all about -- our sport is about winning and it's about competing and being motivated to do what you got to do to win races.

Obviously, we're very motivated to do that as a company. We've had some limitations that we couldn't maybe do some of the things we wanted to do. You ask about graduating. Well, it feels like we're now through -- we've got our MBA, and now we're going forward again.

But all this stuff is great. We're putting it all together. Everything looks great on paper. Now we all as a group have to go do the right thing, work hard, and perform. Again, the proof is going to be in the pudding over the next couple years. But every piece we're putting together right now, it's thought out, it's part of the process.

Again, a guy like Ricky, having a guy like Mark, and Joe and Sterling, people who help him get better, Kraig Kinser, Regan Smith, Jesus Hernandez, we have a very good group of young guys with a very good group of veteran guys, so it's a good mix.

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