Is Hall of Fame Racing’s intermediate track program getting better?
“Well, we hope so. Our engine trouble during the first practice at California kind of hurt us a little bit. We didn’t get as much practice time as we would have liked. I think we raced a little better at California than we had and we had a good test at Vegas. That was our weakness last year, so we’re working hard on improving that.” Do you enjoy spending some time out in Las Vegas? “Yeah. I like a little (Texas) Hold’em, a little craps and a little blackjack. I do a little bit of all three because when I’m not doing well at one of them, I go to another game. I give myself three chances to donate.” You took part in the NASCAR Car of Tomorrow (COT) test last week at Bristol (Tenn.). How did that go? “It went OK. I’d like to be a little better. I think we were in the top-15 out of 50 or 60 cars, so that was encouraging. At Bristol the times are really, really tight, but I think we gained a little bit throughout the test and hopefully gathered enough information to look at to make that eve