Melanie Troxel
Melanie Troxel
bad demands face game gives knows leave nice passionate problem ready somebody trying zone
It's nice to have somebody who's as passionate about it as you are, and it's never a problem with all the demands on my time. He completely understands what I'm going through, because he's going through the same thing. It's also nice having somebody who knows when to leave you alone. When you're trying to get ready to race, get your game face on, he knows when you're in that kind of zone and gives you some space. If you've had a bad day, he knows when to kind of leave you alone.
cooler full ground guys interest jumping waited
The guys waited on the ground with a cooler full of beer. They had no interest in jumping out of a plane.
anyway bit car carry excited hopefully improve job last maybe nice opportunity organized ran season sort strong time together year
It's the first time I've ever had any kind of continuity, to be able to carry on from the strong season that we had last year and hopefully carry that over to 2006 and even improve on it. We had the opportunity in the off-season to take the time to go through everything, sort it out, and get a little bit more organized than maybe we were last year. Last season we had to put everything together in such a hurry. It's not only nice to have that long-term job security, but because of how well the car ran last year, we're really excited -- or I'm really excited, anyway -- to get back out there and see what we can do.
altitude bit certainly expect good huge nice numbers passes racing strip teams tire
The Strip is a very nice facility. It's a little bit of an altitude track. I don't know if we expect to see huge numbers here, but certainly we'll see a lot of really good racing. I think the more passes all of the teams get on this new tire the better the racing is going to be.
admire came door drag fight issue kicked open
I admire what she's done in the sport. She came out and had to fight her way in. She kicked the door open - 'Not only are we going to be here, we're going to win, so get used to it.' Now it's normal. This is not an issue in drag racing.
capable winning women
It's one thing to say women are capable of doing this. It's another to actually have women winning races.
benefits body certainly considered lost richard run several side situation teams type
A lot of the teams have run this one-piece body. I don't know what all the benefits are, but certainly with the situation we had in Las Vegas, where we lost several body panels off the right side of the car, it should keep that type of thing from happening. I also think there are other benefits. It's something that Richard had considered doing previously and I think this is just the right time.
continue finals good matter surprised team wake
I don't want to wake up from this. No matter how good a team you have, you just can't think that you'll continue to go to the finals every week. I'm as surprised as anybody.