Understand that the sponsors are the people that are making this sport happen. It's not the purses; it's the sponsors. The sponsors want to be in Texas, they want to be in California, they want to be in Las Vegas.

I'm not going to race competitively again,

It's not that I'm never going to get in a car or truck again. I'll probably hop in there every now and then just for fun.

The only option a driver has is to literally not do it. If he (crew chief) says, 'Pit,' you drive by and say, 'I didn't hear you, what'd you say, come back.' And that's happened, and sometimes you wish you hadn't done that. Other times it works out.

Mr. Harper's trip didn't do much. At this point, not enough has happened to explain to people why we happen to be there and to really justify the type of sacrifice they are being asked to make.

I'm not opposed to it. I just don't understand it.