NASCAR WCUP: Ken Schrader's post qualifying thoughts on Rockingham

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

Ken Schrader, driver of the No. 36 "M&M's" Pontiac

"The past seven days have felt like three weeks. It's actually good to be at the race track and get back in the car. If you took a poll in the garage, I bet everyone wished we could have been here yesterday. We are racers...it is what we do. People ask us whey we do what we do, but I wonder if those same people ask an offensive lineman why they line up against a defense they know is going to run over them. It is competition, no matter what the playing field. Only we aren't out there to run over each other. We are out there with the greatest respect for each other doing what it is we do best. Driver race cars.

This weekend at Rockingham will definitely be different without the three car on the track. For me to make it through Rockingham without Dale banging on me a little bit will definitely be a change.

As for the car this weekend, I think we are going to be really good. We were solid last weekend and we're solid today. Sixteenth isn't bad because I felt like I left a lot of time out on the race track."

Text Provided By Laura Ehret

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