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- This car really doesn't drive

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anything like I had ever driven prior to.

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So in some ways good, you
know, in some ways bad.

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Having to break old habits
and create new ones,

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that's a very hard thing to do.

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And this was my first Cup
car generation change.

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You know, a lot of drivers
have gone through that,

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you know, throughout their career.

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This is the first time
I've had to do that,

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and sometimes that can
be extremely difficult,

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because, you know, you create habits

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and just little things here and there

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that you became super comfortable with

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with our last generation vehicle

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that just simply doesn't apply anymore.

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And to reteach yourself new
things and have to learn

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in a bit of a different
way can be difficult,

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but it also brings a, you
know, a new set of challenges,

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and that can be fun at times as well.

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You know, right now you have
three major auto manufacturers

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in our sport, and they want more.

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And I think that is gonna
help grow the sport as well

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if you can attract some new OEM partners

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to come be a part of NASCAR.

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And to me, this car was really geared

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at trying to create that conversation

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and show these different
manufacturers elsewhere

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that you can come get in.

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It's not 10 or 15-year plan

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that it used to take
to become competitive.

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You know, you can come in
and be competitive now.

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