In 1998, he also won the pole for the companion Craftsman Truck event. It's a nerve racking little track, an animal within itself. A driver cannot afford to tear the nose off of a car there or to burn up the brakes. Racing at Martinsville is so tight. If you tear the nose off of your car, then the brakes can heat up more.
Brakes are important to get into the corners.
You have to have patience of steel to race there. A fine line defines whether or not to run hard enough to get to the front or not run hard enough to burn up the brakes. If your car is hooked up, you want to get to the front fast. Every lap presents a different situation there. I think experience teaches you when to go and when to wait.