Jim Hunter
Jim Hunter
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I think we have always tried to let the athletes work this out among themselves, with us sort of getting in the middle and mediating, and I think suspensions for what happened this past weekend, it was discussed and we felt that the points and the fines were enough at that point.
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We've tried to let them work out their differences among themselves. It hasn't worked. We're going to take the bull by the horns and go forward with this.
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One of the things we've done in the past is try to get guys to work things out, understanding that this is a high-emotion sport.
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I'm delighted the work is finally going ahead and a local firm is to do it,
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It's affecting us and the teams like everybody else in America. It's hurting us in the pocketbook. Everybody works off a budget. I've seen comments from team managers who said they're way over budget. When they were making their budgets last November for this season, who would have thought that gas would be $3 a gallon? It's pretty significant considering how much gas we use in our normal course of business.
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The drivers and the teams need to work things out. We understand that this is a high-emotion sport. It's pretty clear we're going to take this out of the drivers' hands and put it into our hands.
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I think after two years, we'll probably leave it in place for a third year. It's working very well.
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I think it was a mistake. That doesn't make it right, but I don't think there was any intent to gain a performance advantage.
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I think today's drivers are hesitant to get into a rivalry because they could be the bad guy. Look at Jimmie Johnson. There was a period of time here this year he was booed everywhere he went. No one likes to be booed. I don't care who you are.
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We just want to make sure we have a good, safe race. It's really more of a precaution than anything.
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To be perfectly honest, absolutely. That's one thing about our sport: No matter what the rules are, if there's any gray anywhere, somebody is going to find a way to use it to their advantage.
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There are gray areas we expect teams to exploit. We know everybody is looking for every little advantage. But when these templates don't fit, they don't fit. It's not fair to the other competitors to let one team get way with it.
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We're very serious about this. We've got to make sure everybody plays by the same rules.
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We are in the middle of contract negotiations right now and we have nothing to announce at this time, ... But it is no secret that ABC/ESPN has expressed a strong interest in being a part of the television negotiations and we are continuing those talks.