If I knew I couldn't win races, I would have stayed in the States.

I'm a purist, and I love the sport. I loved the '60s and '70s, when the fans even enjoyed the races where only four cars finished, and they were two laps apart.

With my father and uncle so involved in racing, it was the only thing I ever knew, so I'm sure that had a huge influence on me. However, my father had more influence on me just by the way he lived, because the way he was at the racetrack was the way he was in everyday life.

My lady is fast but moody.

I hate it when politics play too large part in the sport.

At the first corner everybody was going four abreast so I backed off a little,