53 Quotes by Brian Barnhart

Very much so because this year should have been the second year of a car-engine formula, and instead we are using the same car and had to do more of an update kit because we did 75 percent road course preparation, ... With the engine change from 3.5 liters to 3.0, it's made it more difficult as well from an equipment standpoint to increase the number of participants.

There have been an enormous number of people given an opportunity that if the IRL did not exist would never have had that shot, ... If you stop to think about what we've been able to accomplish, it's incredibly rare in today's society that an individual has been able to create something that he believes in and has challenged the establishment, and which in a period of time has not only survived but has become the establishment.

At this point in time, we don't have any manufacturers who have accepted the challenge of taking on Honda.

I understand that Buddy and Danica are two of our most popular drivers. I'm sure people want to see them, but they need to have respect for the race team due to the circumstances that happened Sunday morning.

Our entry blank says 33, and if we get to that number and nobody gets bumped like last year, so be it,

After the drivers' meeting and talking with all of the participants, we felt it was the best decision to move forward.

As difficult as we struggle to put a lot of cars on the race track, the ones that we do have are first-rate, high-quality teams and our product works well for a very entertaining race as well as a reliable and safe race.

That's kind of what we've been saying all summer. I'd be hard-pressed to say there will be a significant difference in any area of the engine for 2007.

This is going to be the truest 'Silly Season' we've ever had.