Edwards and Kenseth Ready To Chase The Nextel Cup Title

Edwards and Kenseth Ready To Chase The Nextel Cup Title

“I’m just ready to get started. I’m glad it’s here and ready to get started and see what we’ve got.” HOW WAS NEW YORK? “It was the same as the last three years. It was all right. We kind of just did the same stuff, kind of talked about the chase and making it and getting going, so it was kind of the same stuff we’ve been doing. It’s always cool to be a part of that group and go up there. It’s pretty cool and a big honor to be part of the guys that make the chase and that are in it, so from that aspect it was fun to go up there and get ready to come up here.”

DO YOU GET THE IMPRESSION THAT INTEREST HAS GROWN IN THAT AREA? “It’s hard to say. Walking around the streets of New York and doing that stuff, you don’t see as many race fans as you maybe would in other places, but it’s a huge media outlet and I think that’s why we go. I think it’s more about the people around the country that are watching Good Morning America or Regis and Kelly or The Late Show and stuff like that. I think it’s more about the media outlets more so than about the fans that live in New York City.”

HOW MUCH OF A CHANCE DOES EVERY DRIVER HAVE IN THIS CHASE? “Usually there’s a team or two you can look at and say, ‘Well, those guys made it in, but they’re probably not a realistic threat.’ Where I think this year all 12 teams could have a legitimate shot at it, if they have things go their way. As of today, before Sunday is over for sure, I think all 12 teams have a legitimate shot of doing it. Now there are a few guys, in my opinion, who are running a little bit better than everybody and have been there all year, and I think those guys are gonna be the ones to beat. But I think other than those few guys maybe being a little bit above the rest of them, I think the rest of them are all kind of grouped together and, as of today, they all really have a shot.”

YOU WON AT DOVER LAST YEAR. DOES THAT TRACK SUIT YOUR DRIVING STYLE? “I always thought it has. It’s always been one of my favorite tracks, but it’s like any other track, you’ve got to have the car running good there and you’ve got to have good pit stops and not get in trouble on the track and have reliable cars and all that kind of stuff. But I’ve always really enjoyed the track and enjoyed the challenge of it and how fast it is – and how you can drive the track. Certainly a lot of that has changed with the car of tomorrow. We had a pretty good setup with our old cars and had a car that we liked there. You could drive it a certain way where it changed a lot when we bring this other car back there, so it was kind of like starting over for everybody.”

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