I think our pit pick was a very smart decision on Chad's behalf, the guys could come in and start making their stops and we had a little bit of time to react to what was going on. He changed the call a couple of times and keeping that track position was very important and we didn't have it early but as the race went on we did a good job.
Q:
What did you say to these two at the end of last year to keep the ship sailing, because it's no secret that the relationship had soured and obviously, it was for good reason; that they stayed together?
RH:
Why did you ask me that question? No, seriously, any time you try hard and you come up a little short, and it was kind of the first time for both of them, and it was a decision we had to make, they really had to make it; did they want to be together. And if we were going to come back and compete, Chad had to pace himself, and I'll say this about Chad, he is the hardest?working guy I've ever seen. He works night and day. When he's in that couch, he's studying shock charts, he's working, working, working, and I was afraid that Chad was going to burn himself out.
So Jimmie, you know, wanted to get along, the pressure was getting to both of them and it wasn't any sense in starting the year if they were not committed to making it work.
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