Post by dalejrfan on Feb 15, 2006 4:50:03 GMT -5
500 will be different, Dale Earnhardt Jr. says
Dale Earnhardt Jr. said bump drafting is "a necessary evil" in restrictor-plate racing and that he thinks Sunday's Shootout was unusually rough because of the nature of the relatively short event.
"It was a Shootout, not a 500-mile race," the event's runner-up said.
"Everybody goes for it. ...We probably crashed 15 or 20 times tonight (laughing), but the 500 won't be like that. We'll be a lot more patient.
"But this is the Shootout. That's the way it's going to be. It was just all-out racing. That's fun to me."
Dale Earnhardt Jr. said bump drafting is "a necessary evil" in restrictor-plate racing and that he thinks Sunday's Shootout was unusually rough because of the nature of the relatively short event.
"It was a Shootout, not a 500-mile race," the event's runner-up said.
"Everybody goes for it. ...We probably crashed 15 or 20 times tonight (laughing), but the 500 won't be like that. We'll be a lot more patient.
"But this is the Shootout. That's the way it's going to be. It was just all-out racing. That's fun to me."