I have to be honest and say I think NASCAR was a lot more proactive in this situation than anybody has given them credit for. Did Dale's accident speed that up? Yes it did.

We can't be reactive in this situation; we have to be proactive. Once these areas are polluted -- once they're gone -- they're never coming back. That's why this is so important now.

We can't be reactive in this situation; we have to be proactive. Once these areas are polluted they're never coming back.

The loss of a child is totally different because it's contrary to nature, ... When it happens, you question everything you've ever known.

I had to be the only child in this country who ever called his father 'The King.'

I look at it as smart growth. Smart marketing. Is there a case to be made that we're too many places and we're too many places too fast? There probably is. But at the same time, there's not a seat to be had in the house, and people are tuning in all over the country. So you can't argue against it, either.