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HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE A look at some of the people who shaped the sport
On the Car of Tomorrow: "The NASCAR competitors are going to redeem the thing, no matter what. They'll do their best with it and put on a good show, but I really am against the idea of the Car of Tomorrow. Let's go race the car of today, but make the rules where they have to race the car on the chassis. I say get rid of the front air dam. I made the first one ever, for the Monte Carlo, but those days are gone now. The handling on those cars was still determined by the chassis setup. Now they have the chassis of the cars bottomed out and are using the aerodynamics of these incredible front air dams. The wife couldn't go to the store in the [Car of Tomorrow]." On the decline in TV ratings and empty seats at some tracks: "I think fans want to see Fords and Chevys and Dodges and even Toyotas go out there and race. Bill France Sr. started this whole thing by racing what was in your driveway, and I think to try to make an Indy car out of the present NASCAR car is the wrong thing." On where the best racing can be found: "NASCAR still has the best racing, worldwide. It's loved around the world. People stay up until midnight to watch it on the other side of the world on satellite TV. NASCAR competitors will take whatever kind of equipment they're assigned and make a good show out of it." On which one of today's drivers he'd consider a modern-day Bobby Allison: "It would be the guy that has a lot of his own equipment but still does a good job for other people, and that would be Kevin Harvick. I'm impressed with him. I don't know him personally - I've said hello to him - but I'm impressed with his efforts and what they've accomplished."
On whether he has plans to become actively involved with a race team: "I don't see anything. I just enjoy roaming around."
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