Larry Dixon
Larry Dixon
everybody goes hard keeping prepared rounds team time towards wins works
The championship always goes to the team that wins the most rounds and is the most prepared. I think everybody on our team works hard towards keeping that goal. Time will tell if we're prepared or not.
entire factors known mechanical next quit seen teams win
You don't have to find out what someone's mechanical abilities are. All those factors are already a known commodity. I've seen teams win championships and have their entire team quit the next day because they weren't happy.
coming defend entire happy last proud season second team title won
Being happy is very important. We won our second championship last season and we have our entire team coming back to try and defend our title again. I'm very proud of that.
beat enjoy fighting good grabbed proud racing second since team
But since we've been fighting for first or second place, it's grabbed the media's attention. I enjoy racing them. They are a good team and when you beat them it's something to be proud of.
capable few fuel quite teams top winning
I don't think I've ever raced in Top Fuel when it hasn't been competitive. There are quite a few teams capable of winning the championship.
good great guy happy light paint picture team win
We made another good run, but we didn't get the win light that round. I'm not the guy to paint a happy picture at this point. We've got a great team and a great car, now we just have to get it done.
against beat behind dominated draft good schumacher team time tried win
It's especially good to win against the Schumacher team that has dominated here this decade. Any time you can beat him it's great. I even tried to beat him to the turnoff. I told him the other day I was going to get behind him and draft just to get a better qualifying time.
team thinking people
I think it's an extremely important factor to have your team together. It goes back to having distractions. When you all stay together for a period of time you're not training people or feeling out different personalities.
team winning goal
Winning teams have the least amount of distractions. They have a really tight group of people working towards the same common goal.
glad win
I'm so glad he was able to see me win this.
deal middle points
I think it's a little different when you're in the middle of the points deal for the championship going into Pomona with everything going on,
absorb career greatest happened races won
You just try to absorb as much as you can from someone who has won as many races and championships as he has. Career wise, he's been the greatest thing that's happened to me.
funny sounds
I never thought I'd live this long. It sounds funny because I still think of myself as a kid.
category driving kid married obviously top
When you've been driving in the top category for 10 years, you're obviously not a kid any more. You know, I'm married now and I've got two kids. That let's you know you're getting older.