Mike Helton Quotations

Our hearts and prayers go out to Sterling and his family. It wasn't just Sterling's father. He was a pioneer.

NASCAR will use whatever means necessary to stop it.

NASCAR was acting in the best interest of finishing this event and as correctly as it could,

NASCAR is absolutely as concerned about keeping its roots intact as it is about growing the sport. We're as proud of our heritage in 1948 as we are in 2006. At the same time, we're working to broaden the opportunities of the sport to anybody that wants to be a part of it and also broaden the exposure of the sport internationally.

I think everybody who was part of it would like to figure out how not to have another evening like this one. It was extremely undesirable.

It has been since 1994 that a single-car team owner has won a championship. If we allowed the current trend to keep going, down the road 10 years we might be saying that it has been since 2005 than a car owner with two teams has won a title.

The way NASCAR is structured, with the independentness of the sanctioning body and the car owner, there's not a way for us to do that now, even if we desired,

We talked about a lot of options ... and the recommended air pressure was the one we came up with to try to get through the evening. Certainly, we talked about a lot of options ? including the possibility of having to shorten the race. But we never got to that extreme.

talked about a lot of options, including the possibility of having to shorten the race.

We're not asking you (the drivers) not to be angry, we're not asking you not to be frustrated, that's part of this sport and we realize that. What we're asking you for is to keep it in check...enough's enough.