“We put all of that together from his driving style to what we needed in the race car and what we needed from the engine shop and we put it all together and made it happen. We went down there with the best package we possibly could with that as our goal and were able to do that. We are going to do the exact same thing next year and hopefully we will have this teleconference again and we will be talking about something different next year.”
Q.
DO YOU FEEL ANYTRUST HAS BEEN BROKEN BETWEEN YOU AND JIMMIE OR IS IT OVER AND DONE WITH?
CHAD KNAUS
"I am pretty sure it is over and done with. Jimmie and are fine and our bond is as strong as ever. I know he trusts me and if he didn't trust me, I wouldn't be here. This team is too good and is going to be too successful to not have their leader and their driver not be on the same page. Jimmie and I have been on the same page since the first time we met and had lunch here in Charlotte with others from Hendrick Motorsports talking about whether I was going to be the crew chief or not for the team. We have continued that way and are going to continue that way, thick or thin. Jimmie has made mistakes on the race track that could have potentially cost us races and I have never left his side or questioned him. We may have discussed it. But the same thing with this issue, he will stand by me through thick and thin, I will guarantee it. We may discuss it, we take a different approach to some things, but we are together.”
