Q: Nicole Manske, WISH TV. You won the championship twice; you won the Brickyard, which we all know was important to you. But there are some that believe you don't stake your claim as a NASCAR legend until you win the (Daytona) 500. Do you think that's a fair assessment? And how badly do you want to win the 500 now?
STEWART: I don't care about their assessment. I'm really happy with what I've done. I mean, there's a lot of guys that haven't won the Daytona 500, but I think they've had great careers. You look at Rusty Wallace and Mark Martin, they haven't won the Daytona 500, but I don't think anybody is going to say they haven't had a great career and successful career in NASCAR. Michael Waltrip has won the Daytona 500 twice and never won a championship, and he's won, I think, only three races in his career. I don't think anybody is going to say he's had a great career just because he's won the Daytona 500. It's a great accomplishment and for him to win the Daytona 500 twice is an awesome accomplishment, but I don't think you can base your whole career off of one race. I think there's other determining factors on whether you've had a successful career in the series other than just one race.
