I think you can always take it to the next level. Sometimes your focus starts to shift a little bit more towards being competitive and less towards safety. I think that that was a big wake-up call for us to all readjust how much we focused on both.
Q.
Would Earnhardt think differently about safety today or not?
JEFF GORDON:
Yeah. I think he'd think a lot about the same as he thought when he was here, you know. It's like getting too big, not enough focus on the racing. You guys are all too worried about safety.
You know, I think -- you know, I mean, look at how much change from when he started the sport to where it was in his last days. The trends were already set and they were happening. He was adjusting or had his opinion on at that point.
I don't think it would be a whole lot different, his opinion of it today.
Q.
On the car of tomorrow
JEFF GORDON:
Well, you know, I think the process behind the car of tomorrow, the ideas, the potential of that car being safer, being more competitive, is definitely there. I mean, I love what they're trying to do. It's not there yet, but the potential is there. There's a lot of work left to do before it gets ready. I look forward to that.
I think anything that incorporates all those ideas that you can start from scratch, it's fantastic. I would like the car to look a little bit better. I know that looks have a lot to do with performance as well. Right now from what I've heard I'm not thrilled about the performance of the car. That's what we're going to be working on to make sure that we get that where it needs to be.
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