Larry Dixon
Larry Dixon
close next races rookie sit trophies win won year
The Shootout trophies sit right next to my championship trophies, ... My rookie year, I think the only thing we didn't do was win the championship. We won all the big races that year, Gainesville, Englishtown and Indy, and then to close out the year with a win in the Shootout made for a storybook season.
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,
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.
capable catch plenty point races six talking time
So I got what I wanted. With six races left, if we've got a capable car, we've got plenty of time to catch up. If we don't have the car, there isn't much point talking about it.
justify run seems setup whatever wins work
Sometimes it's been good, sometimes it's not been so good. I can't really say (why we've done so well in Memphis), I don't have a lot to justify why, kind of like our run on Father's Day (five consecutive wins on Father's Day). It's one of those things that, for whatever reason, we have a setup that seems to work when we're there.
definitely forward positive
From where we were 15 or 20 years ago, our sport has progressed tremendously and it's definitely going forward in a positive direction.
anybody drag ecstatic proud race
I'm proud and ecstatic and everything. This race is everything to anybody who drag races.
absolutely chiefs crew cut history runs weather work
It's one of those racetracks that if the weather is cool, you will absolutely see the quickest runs in the history of the sport. If it's not cool, the crew chiefs have their work cut out for them.
crew good hope improve learned next race weekend weeks
I feel good about going into the next race this weekend at Phoenix. I think Donnie (Bender), being a new crew chief, has learned some things to do and not to do. We hope to improve upon what we did at Pomona (Calif.) two weeks ago.
jackson phil success
How important has Phil Jackson been to the success of the Lakers? He's very important.
seen win
He's only seen me win live one other time. This is his win.
cars front great lose merits moves saying sight stumble wait
I was saying that in April, 'Don't lose sight of them,' ... The cars that are in front of us are great cars. For them to stumble, they're not going to do it to many times. If we don't make moves on our merits ... we can't really wait on them to stumble because those are cars that don't stumble,
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.
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.