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NASCAR Nextel Cup Teleconference Moments

Driver, No 16 National Guard Ford Taurus
Roush Racing

“Your blood is boiling to win more.”

Late season 2005:

Can you describe the feeling of going into high-speed turns that fans might not understand?

“Boy, it's hard to explain. The cars are going so fast, and when you turn the wheel down into the corner, you feel a lot of side load, a lot of G forces on the car. A lot of stuff is happening so quickly and you're on the edge of traction with the front and the rear tires, constantly. I mean, because if you weren't on the edge of traction, you'd be going faster, that's the object is to go as fast as you can. So that's probably the scariest, the scariest thing there is for us.”

“And then you start adding other elements of cars being in front of you, behind you, beside you, so many things that play a factor. It's very fast. I mean, when you're going down the freeway going 65, 70 miles an hour and you see that concrete barrier go whizzing by, I mean, think about that, times at least two, is how fast we're going close to the corners of those pieces of concrete.

Mid season 2005

A Zoomster question from Dwight:

"It absolutely does. I mean, you'll be -- keep your eyes on the No.9 car, because after you win one, the greed or the want and the energy inside you, your blood is boiling to win more. I mean, it's like a -- it's like a drug. You win one and it's like, you just want to win all of them. You want to win every time you show up because you feel like you can. I did win, I have won and I want to win again, worse than ever. "

"It's kind of funny, when I won at Michigan, that unrestricted race, I was like, I wanted to win so bad again it was unbelievable. I wanted to win worse than I did before I won. You know, because before you win, it's a question mark; when will he win a race or can he? Now that you've done it, it's like, there's no reason why I can't win next week, or I should. You know, it's that energy.