Alex Barron Quotations

I am just here taking this all in. They are doing a great job of working with me, trying to prepare me and things like that. Hopefully I can put it all together and be successful.

I felt a thud from my left rear. It was a quick thud and the next thing I knew, we were in the wall.

I felt a bump in the left rear of the car, and the next thing I know, Ryan was up over me, there was fire, and we were in the wall.

I felt a bump from the left rear of my car. Ryan was up over me. He was upside down and there was a lot of fire. It was just a quick thud.

I don't understand having no races in the Pacific Southwest. The region has always been pretty good to us. Hopefully, it's a one-year thing.

I expect he will work into the mix relatively soon.

That's very special, and he's been a real integral part of our offense the past three years. To work with him one last time and working with the other All-Stars in the state is an honor.

We do not believe investors should extrapolate the William Lyon orders to mean demand in Southern California is falling off.

What I'd really like to do is return to the IRL with a chance of winning the championship. I'm talking to a couple of teams with that capability. I guess the chances of returning to the IRL are fairly good.

When you go into a new market, you have to have either the right people, who are knowledgeable about the region, or the right relationships. You either hire those people or acquire a local builder. And you have to have sufficient scale. Otherwise, the risk is not worth it.

It was a long day for us. Nothing seemed to click once the race started. I'm not quite sure what it was, but we just need to go back and look at the data to see why we weren't quick, especially at the beginning of our stints. I was sliding around quite a bit, and had a couple of long slides on restarts. We had a bit of a problem early making a wing adjustment during our first stop, and I spun late. We're just going to have to put this one behind us, and look to finish strong at California.

The smaller teams now find it difficult to run up front in the IRL. A couple of teams that have been there with the IRL since the start are going to struggle to be there next year.

Racing the 24 Hours was something I wanted to do, but I'd been waiting for the right opportunity. There are a lot of good drivers and car combinations. Steve called with a chance to co-drive a potential winner.

Once we went green, the car handled beautifully. We were flat out until the end. We showed some really good speed.

As far as I know, I was just getting him some rest, ... As much rest as he needs.

The miss relative to our estimate was primarily driven by California, where a number of communities we expected to open in the fourth quarter were delayed into 2006.

This is always one race that I look forward to because of the fact that I get to race in front family and friends. Plus, I've had some really good races there. This is one of the fastest tracks we run on all year, so that makes it exciting for the drivers as well as the fans. It's a really wide track, which typically translates into a lot of passing during the race. Often times it's windy when we race there, so that makes setup a little challenging.

A lot of people who worked for Toyota in open-wheel are now in the truck program,

It's just pleasing to me to have a young man like that in our program because the reason he's at school is academics first and he's applied himself, not only on the court but off the court.

It's fair to say there is a lot of uncertainty right now.

It's a big game. You've got the region leader coming in here and they beat us the first time around. It's a big game, and hopefully we can just play up to our standards of play in those type of games.

It was excellent. We had a great car all weekend. We made a good change there on the second stop. Went back out. The car was solid, and we were able to hang on to third. Didn't have quite enough to try and make a run on the leaders, but I could catch Buddy and sustain it, but wasn't able to be offensive. I'm really happy with the podium. It's our first podium of the season. Pretty positive for the team, and we'll build upon it for the next race in Chicago.

It was excellent, ... We had a great car all weekend. We made a good change there on the second stop. The car was solid and we were able to hang onto third. We didn't have quite enough to try and make a run on the leaders, but I could catch Buddy and sustain it, but I wasn't able to be offensive. I'm really happy with the podium (top three). It's our first podium of the season. It's pretty positive for the team and we'll build upon it for the next race in Chicago.

It's a little different now that it looks like I'm back on the right side, ... I was on the left side for a long time, and it's kind of like starting over a little bit. I'm trying to get some extra study in.

The biggest thing was traveling around with the team. It was a little different than this level. It was more family-oriented. It was a smaller group, and everybody was always looking out for one another. At this level, it doesn't happen that way. There are so many people and so much turnover, it's different than a steppingstone like that. That's what made that step so genuine; not only were we winning, but we were all really tight together.

I've heard some of that talk going around but nothing has progressed for doing something next year. With Sam leaving, it's the start of the 'Silly Season' and there will be a domino effect. We haven't talked yet so there is nothing going on but I expect something to happen in the next few weeks.

They've kind of turned this series into what the IRL didn't want to happen,

So a lot of people are buying the stocks in anticipation that the demand is going to be strong.

I'm really looking forward to my first Daytona 24 hour race. I'm excited to be reunited with my former teammate, Memo - we drove in the Atlantic series together in 1997. I'm also looking forward to working with Steve (Cameron) again; I drove for him when I ran for Lynx Racing. This team won the last race of the season last year and I feel that they're definitely capable of winning the Rolex 24.

In one sense, this is the most demand for me since I've been in an Indy car and that feels really, really good, but I don't want to get too excited if nothing comes together. I want to make sure I'm there at the right time to get the right opportunity.

I just think the dates didn't work out for the IRL coming here in the middle of the season like that, ... The schedule didn't play out properly for the series. I'm glad to see they want to come back here. It's a great event, and we always have a lot of people who come out and watch the race. It's getting stronger every year.

I just felt a thump from the rear of my car. Ryan was up over me. He was upside down and there was a lot of fire. It was a quick thud and then the next thing you know we were in the wall.

I just felt a thump and then Ryan was up and over me. He was upside down and then there a lot of fire. It was all behind me, so I really can't say what happened to cause it.

Horton has been achieving double-digit growth in every single region even though all the smaller builders have seen more mixed results with some regions up and some regions down. So I would say Horton is more the anomaly than the rule.

Chicago is a lot like the other 1.5 mile ovals that we've run this year. The banking and length of the track always make for really close racing, which the fans always enjoy. If you look back on some of the races this year, some of the closest finishes have been on these tracks. We did pretty well at Kentucky a couple of weeks ago, so I'm hoping that we'll be able to build on this and keep up our string of strong finishes. I always enjoy going to Chicago because there's always a lot to do away from the track. From having great dinners to shopping, I always have a good time there.

I feel as though I'm catching up a little bit, ... But I'm not as far along as some other guys on the line. I'm just trying to learn as much as I can.

The first thing I wondered about when I looked at the cars was the visibility. But it is much better than I thought it would be. The mirrors are good and the sight lines out of the car are good.

The chances of my returning to the IRL are fairly good,