NASCAR Winston Cup Teleconference Moments

Ryan Newman

Driver No. 12 ALLTEL Dodge Intrepid

Photo courtesy of NASCAR Winston Cup Series.

"A Winston Cup driver's work ethics are pretty sporadic."

Zoomster questions from Debbie:

"From a numbers standpoint, I can't really tell you. No Winston Cup driver works 9-5, five days a week. A Winston Cup driver's work ethics are pretty sporadic when it comes to what they do because there are so many different perspectives involved. You've got the driving part of it. You've got the sponsor-media relations part of it. You've got the fan appreciation part of it. There's different aspects, whereas the typical worker might do the same thing constantly day in and day out. That's all he or she does that day. From a time perspective, it probably all balances out or it'd be pretty close to what the common worker works during the week just based off of human physical stamina."

"I think it's definitely part of my career right now. I'll always look back on it and think what an awesome summer of '03 we had, but I hope to be able to make it better. I hope at some point to be able to do the same thing and have the same points lead that Matt Kenseth has."

"I think first of all you've got to have the same morals and same thought processes when it comes to having that chemistry. We've got the same background when it comes to engineering, understanding the cars. Obviously he (Matt Borland) understands the car better than me, but I still understand the car in certain degrees. That, on top of our character and personality, compliments each other. Therefore, the chemistry. Friends are friends no matter who they are. Sometimes you have to work at it and sometimes you don't. It always depends on the situation."