While acknowledging the period has been trying, to say the least, he said, ''Whatever trials and tribulations I have been going through are nothing compared to what the families of those drivers have been going through. I've seen that after many of our accidents, but after Adam and Kenny it became a fairly hot topic. I think is overwhelmingly positive.
Auto racing is a high-risk sport.
I still maintain that when someone takes the opinion that auto racing is not a very smart sport, and why do this, that's unfair. One incident is too many. Look at Geoffrey Bodine's accident at Daytona. That certainly maintained that awareness, and then Adam Petty's accident heightened that awareness. One incident, by itself, is enough to keep our eye on the ball, but that's a routine issue in this garage area.