Michael Andretti
You think things through a little bit more and I think that I'm much more patient than I was when I first started racing.
You know, I think if we have many more races, we are just going to burn teams out, because these guys right now are burning the candle at both ends just to keep up with the schedule.
You have to be very fit to be competitive.
You can't just sit back and rest on your old notes that you had.
When you're in the back of the pack, you can gamble a little bit more.
When you get older, you take less chances, but you rely on your experience to make up the difference, you know that a lot of times works for you.
When I'm at home, I'll run and do the weight programs but not as vigorously as in the offseason.
When I'm at each event, I focus on that event.
Well, I'm going to really try to help the team with my experience as much as I can.
We have so much horsepower in these cars now that I think we've got to start cutting it down a little bit.
We feel the way the rules are with IRL testing, having a fourth car out there is going to hopefully be an advantage.
Unfortunately, I hate to bring it up, but I think one thing we need to do is get this thing settled between CART and IRL because I think we are definitely split right down the middle right now, especially for the oval audience.
To think that I am one of the older guys out here is pretty crazy, but then again, you've got to look at the way the sport has evolved.
Those walls, if you hit them wrong and those fences if you hit them wrong, it's not going to be a good thing.
The worst thing for me would be to live close to the shop in England.
The team I ran with in CART opted not to compete at Indianapolis from 1996 through 2000. It was mostly the team's choice, not mine.
The Indy Lights program and the Atlantics have produced some great drivers.
Ten years ago, you had a lot of guys in their 40s still racing, but you haven't have that any more because of the competition, it's just so tough, and these young kids are pretty darned good.
Some guys are a little superstitious and stuff like that but I personally don't have any pre-race rituals or carry any lucky talismans.
Running on different types of racetracks is challenging - not only for the drivers, but even more for the team members who have to make adjustments to the cars before each race.