Q
WHO WOULD YOU PICK TO RUN WITH AT DAYTONA?
STERLING MARLIN
"Dale Jr. and Tony. They really run good here. They run good and handle good. If you can stay right with them two, I think you'll be in business."
Q
ARE THESE TRACKS BORING OR EXCITING OR SCARY? WHAT'S IT LIKE WHEN YOU'RE IN ONE OF THOSE PACKS FOR A LONG TIME?
STERLING MARLIN
"Well, it's just kind of like running three or four wide on the Interstate. If somebody cuts somebody off, then here you go. That's what we want to get away from or try to. At
Daytona, when you restart and everybody has new tires on. You've got to watch Daytona for being three deep cause you'll get in trouble pretty quick if you don't watch - like off turn 2 the middle car can really get tight and you can wash up into somebody. You've got to be on your toes when you're in three deep here -- especially if you're in the middle."
Q
HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU THIS YEAR?
STERLING MARLIN
"Last year we had a bad year, really. But we ran good at some tracks. And when we did run good, something blew up or something stupid. We had a good shot to win Dover last year and blew up. If I didn't think I could do it, I'd stay back in Tennessee and sit on a bulldozer. But I know we can still win a race. We have a good shot in this car. The car we have here is as good a car as I had back in '94 and '95 when we won and had a good race team. We've got Hendrick motors and we've got a great race team.
Q
ON THE KEY TO WINNING DAYTONA:
STERLING MARLIN
"You've got to have a good car to go through the traffic. We didn't run good here last July 4th. We had a terrible car. You couldn't go anywhere with it. If it was wide open, it would drive away from you. So you've got to have a good handling car. Tony Stewart's car always seems to drive good here and so does Dale Jr's car. They've got good power. When you've got all that, you can drive to the front. But if the car doesn't drive good or you're off on the motor, you ain't going to take a 15th place car and win the thing."
