What is the difference between racing on concrete and racing on asphalt?
It’s pretty much the same. I guess the biggest thing is that the sun doesn’t affect the concrete as much because the surface is white. It doesn’t absorb as much heat as an asphalt track does. But other than that, you go through the same set of scenarios and challenges you would on any asphalt track — either the car is going to be tight or it’s going to be loose. Explain a lap around Dover. What you do for qualifying is totally different from what you do in the race. Basically, a lot of the cars qualify down on the bottom of the track, but by the time you’re about 40 or 50 laps into the race, there are cars all the way from the bottom of the racetrack to right up against the outside wall. That’s a big difference in between. Basically, everybody just searches around on the racetrack looking for a spot that makes their car happy. So obviously, we’re going to try and make The Home Depot Chevrolet as happy as possible. You’re average finish at Dover is fourth and you have two Winston Cup w
