I was in Europe over the weekend, in England, and flew back on Sunday and jumped straight on a plane to Indianapolis. I arrived here Monday afternoon from England. We were able to get the car prepared and a seat made and finished it up this morning, and the driver's physicals and eye exams and blood tests and all that stuff.
And here we are now. So we're hopefully getting through all the hard work, and once we get to the track next week that will be the easy part.
Q:
Month's worth of work in two days' time?
PT:
Yes.
Q:
Derrick, I know how frustrating this season has been for you. When we talked at Homestead, I know it was every intention, you and Walker Racing, to be part of the IndyCar Series full time this year, but circumstances at the last minute prevented that. Could you talk a little bit about your role in working with Paul for this event and perhaps down the road?
Derrick Walker:
Yes, indeed. First of all, good morning and thanks for coming this morning. I'd like to start, if I may, with some thank-yous to Tony and Vision Racing and to Paul coming on board here. I think, without all their support, it wouldn't have happened.
The original idea came from Canada, from some folks I know up there who had some sponsorship, who maybe were interested in supporting an entry for Paul. And we've been working on it for several weeks. But it wasn't getting enough traction. So, without Tony and Vision Racing and Paul buying into it, it wouldn't have happened. So thanks to all of them for making it happened. And we're looking forward to it.
With respect to working with Paul, we've obviously raced against him for many years and we've seen all sides of Paul. I like the fact that he's bald, because that's the first driver, just like me, has got no hair.
But, seriously, we've raced against him. And, obviously, this time last year, we had a car on the pole with Will Power in Edmonton. So we just hope, and we'll be really interested to see, how it translates, what we learn at Edmonton. There's no doubt that Paul knows his way around Edmonton.
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