WILL IT BE AGONIZING FOR YOU TO WATCH DALE MAKE THIS DECISION OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS ON WHETHER TO JOIN MICHAEL WALTRIP OR NOT? “That’s probably gonna be tough on the teams involved and probably Dale to race. He’s trying to make a decision right now on what he wants to do. Me as a teammate and me as a friend will be there if he needs to ask me what my suggestions are or any opinions like that, I’ll do that as a friend. But I’ve got to focus on what we’re doing in the 38 car. Robert and Doug and I have been talking about our future together and I have been frustrated with the way we’ve been racing this year as far as our finishes, but I’m not frustrated on what I see as far as which way the team is going. We’ve got a lot of new engineers and stuff on our team that are starting to work together more. We’ve got two new crew chiefs. Tommy is from Long Island and I’m from Virginia. It took us a little while to understand each other, so we’re working on it, but I love the future of this company. When I said in that deal that I was frustrated, I was frustrated with our finishes. We’ve kind of just been middle of the pack and we don’t want to be that. We want to be a little bit better. As far as what’s going on with Dale and them, I want to be there as a friend and as a teammate on anything that he needs me to do, but I know as a race car driver and in my own life and my own little Elliott Sadler bubble, I have to do my best job with the 38 car and try to stay focused and do the things we need to do to be competitive. That’s the fairest thing I can do as a driver and an employee for Robert Yates Racing.”
