Yeah I think I was there a couple of times and the most recent was when Danica [Patrick] was driving for my dad and she was in the I don't know if was Barber Dodge then yeah. It was a few years ago, the last year of the race.
:
Your dad's second ever pro race was at a track that no longer exists here in the Atlantics; does every talk about those days, with Gilles Villeneuve?
GR:
Oh, yeah, he tries to tell me how great he was, because he raced against Gilles Villeneuve and all that type of stuff. Oh, yeah, I've heard all the stories.
It seems the thing about my dad is it seems that everywhere we go, whether it's Edmonton or these places that you can never believe that he's been before, he had some, you know, some race or some memories in the past of racing at a place near there, and you know, of course he talks about it quite often. His Atlantic days I know were some of his favorite.
Q:
There's been a lot said about the merger, but now that you've had time to drive the IRL car, is there anything that you hope to see somehow transferred from Champ Car that could make its way into the IRL, such as standing starts or push to pass; is there anything that you would like to see from the IRL?
GR:
I must say that driving the IRL car was certainly a pleasant surprise. I really did enjoy driving it. You know, obviously they have taken a lot of time to develop that car and there are things that that car has that I think, you know, the Champ Car could have benefited from and vice versa.
Of course, as a driver, you know, you always want more power, and I think Honda certainly, if anybody has got the ability to do it, they do, and it would be great to have their old turbo charged engines from the Champ Car days back.
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