In general, rookie years haven't been exceptional seasons. But the consensus among drivers and crew chiefs is the 2000 class will likely be a good one. And he, Dale Jr. and Matt may have an edge on the other rookies for 2000 because they'll all have solid partner teams and veteran drivers to use as their sounding boards. Pruett, who will drive the No. 32 Fords for Precision Preparation Inc., has likely the least experience as the Daytona 500 approaches, as he's spent virtually his entire career in open-wheel racing. It's hard for the team.
Every sponsor wants to go out and win and they expect their team is going to do it.
But only one guy can win the race. With that in mind, we have to do the best we can to get the most out of that race car. I think what I did last year is going to get overshadowed pretty quickly by what these guys can do this year. No predictions, other than that.