You know, Wally hadn't been out of the seat for that long, and he definitely knows to stay in the middle ground and not really try to offend anybody. We rely on those guys to paint that picture for the fans, and if they're sitting there painting me as an asshole, you know, that's no good for me (laughter).
Q.
You don't expect that from Rusty, do you?
DALE EARNHARDT, JR.:
No, no. I didn't say that. I think Rusty will do a good job because he knows as a driver how hard it is. And he knows what it's like when he hears what they said in the booth or what somebody said. He knows how that can go. I think he'll be up there and he'll just try to tell the fan how the sport works, and that's what Wally does. He tells the fan how the sport works and how racing works and how driving works, what you're thinking here, what you're thinking there.
Q.
Talk about qualifying a little bit. Greg Biffle said the other day that qualifying at
Daytona is the most boring thing y'all do as race drivers. What do you do waiting to go out and qualify? He said he talks on the cell phone, others say look for hot chicks.
DALE EARNHARDT, JR.:
I look for hot chicks in tube tops. You know, you people watch a lot. You talk to your crew to look busy. You look at people's cars. Still at that point you probably haven't seen everybody's paint schemes. You're looking at paint schemes, looking at cars. I didn't know he was driving that car.
Q.
Years ago when they were running the 200 mph here, the expression was, I don't know if I can hold my breath that long. Is it a matter of, I don't know if I can keep my eyes open that long?
DALE EARNHARDT, JR.:
No, it ain't that boring. You do run the lap, because you got to run as close to the apron as you can without hitting the apron, the shortest distance. When you're in the car driving it, you're busy, you're a busy guy. But it's easy to do. I mean, if you really took -- you could take somebody off the street and they could be doing it.
Q.
Do you think people underestimate your commitment to making the company that your daddy built into what he dreamed it could be?
DALE EARNHARDT, JR.:
Yeah, I think so. I think people see -- you know, I know what I want to do. I know I want to win a championship. I know I have sort of a vision of where I want to be at a certain age. But I don't look that far into the future and get specific. You know, I drive right off the hood. I look at where I'm at right now. I would love to drive the 3 on down the road, and Richard knows that. I hate him talking about it, because I don't want to put it off on him, put any pressure on him or disrupt what he's trying to do with RCR to date.
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