Still cranky
Gotta love Tony Stewart. From one of the many media appearances during the past week down in Daytona ...
On Joe Gibbs turning over the team to his son:
"You weren't here two years ago, were you? I said that two years ago."
On people worrying about him when he drives sprint cars:
"No, I got hurt more cars in a stock car than I got hurt in sprint cars and midgets."
More after the jump ...
On his mindset coming into 2006:
"Right now I'm at zero points. Everybody else is at zero points. I got all the neat stickers on the side of the trailer saying we're last year's champion. Other than that, we're no different than anybody else coming into Daytona."
On the guys driving the 8 and 24 cars:
"Everybody is so worried about Jeff and Dale. They're two of 43 guys that run the race each week, you know. There were a bunch of other guys that didn't make the Chase either, but nobody really paid attention to that. ... There's 43 good drivers every week. 33 of them each week that aren't going to make the Chase each weekend. I think it's time to get over that aspect of it and let's be realistic about this. There's more than just those two guys in the sport."
Whoa. Stewart is ready to rock. Backstretch Motorsports has the full transcript. One from Kevin Harvick, too.