“We should have a lot of success. We'll definitely be here in March. There are two series they're putting together. One has really good race teams. The other one has really good race teams. They have good schedules and you've got to decide which one you want to do. I haven't had any problems with the World of Outlaws. I haven't had any problems with the NFT they're starting. We're up for whatever best fits us. We'll be in Vegas. That's an Outlaw race. If another sanctioning body schedules something against we'll have to miss that race. We'll see what happens, but definitely my car will be across the street.”
Q
COMMENT ON YOUR NEWFOUND FAME
KK
“Right around this time two years ago is when it all kinda started. We had some really good racing at the start of '04 that opened up a lot of doors and a lot of opportunities. The main thing to me is to keep racing good and be better than we were in '05 and you'll get more of those doors open. Right now with a lot of different things I've been able to do the last year and a half, I've enjoyed it. I like doing that stuff. It takes away a little bit from the racing sometimes, and you need to stay focused on what our main goals are and concerns, but at the same time to go and do that stuff, I enjoy it. I try to have as much doing it as I can and try to learn from it every time.”
Q
HOW'S THE NEW STRUCTURE WORKING WITH YOUR TEAM?
KK
“It's worked great so far. Ray Evernham has done a lot of things. He's won championships in NASCAR. He has a lot of great ideas. This one is different from what everybody else is doing, but it's really not as different as people think from the outside. Kenny Francis is the team director. Mike Shiflette is our car director and then we have our engineer in Keith. The guys working with those three so far this week and working with them in the off-season, it's been great. Each one of them talks to each other. Kenny has final say in everything. Kenny is going to be on the radio talking to me during the races and figuring out things as he bounces questions off Mike and Keith. I think it's really a perfect situation. We'll just have to see how it all works out, but so far it's really worked out good.”
Q
SUPER BOWL PREDICTION
KK
“Seahawks win. They've got a great team. If they play as good as they played against the Panthers I don't see a team that can beat 'em. They keep getting better every single game. It seems like they're coming together as good as any team I've seen in football this year. Early in the year I thought the Colts were the best team. I think a lot of people did. Now the Steelers are playing great football, too. It's going to be a great battle. I can't wait until Sunday to watch it. I would go if we weren't testing Monday, but we have a lot to learn here Monday in the Busch car. I need to get some sleep the night before. I'm going to be somewhere in Las Vegas watching it on TV. It's going to be a blast.”
Q
WHY DO YOU THINK THE SEAHAWKS ARE UNDERDOGS?
KK
“Because they're from Seattle. That's the only reason why. They've been underdogs all year. Nobody thought they could make the Super Bowl. They're a good football team.”
