Rick Crawford Quotations

What a great race among the veterans out there. I needed to run my line and make sure Musgrave and Setzer battled it out. They did and I won.

I am very curious to see how the conference shapes up this spring.

I found the fastest groove, but the truck was a handful.

Here you had three guys racing for the lead and the respect they showed for each other was phenomenal,

I think it's OK to improve yourself with the venues you race at, but I don't see much of an improvement than coming to Richmond.

I won my first race in Homestead, that was cool. My second win was in Daytona that was really cool. My third win was in Martinsville and I was so busted up I could hardly walk. This win in New Hampshire, that was hard! At the end Musgrave, Setzer and I raced side-by-side 2 and 3 wide and there is not a mark on my truck. When you go door handle to door handle with Musgrave, Hornaday and Setzer and come out on top you've done something.

We battled the best out there today with Setzer, Musgrave, (Ron) Hornaday, (Todd) Bodine, (Jimmy) Spencer for a while, ... Those were the veterans of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series battling out there at the end and I'm proud to be in that elite group.

To see the checkered flag was a great day, let me tell you,

Cowboy and the guys did an awesome job all day long. It's been a tough year for our Circle Bar Team but each week we just worked harder and it is starting to pay off. Our race team in North Carolina couldn't race without the support of Mr. Mitchell and his Circle Bar Truck Corral team in Ozona, Texas. I can't thank them enough for their support. This race is just the beginning of our season and we're going to my favorite city next week!

CU and CSU are stepping up with much greater depth in their teams. But if we can win conference, we can win nationals.

First place pays the most points. That's how these guys approach it. And it fits my personality as a driver.

I've been fortunate to work for a self made man in Mr. Mitchell for the last 14 seasons, and to carry sponsorship from another is truly special. ... Dennis Lilly started his company with just one truck and he and Sharon have built Lilly Trucking into one of the premiere trucking companies in the country. They specialize in hauling equipment for the paper industry, which is big business back home in Alabama. Over the years, Kimberly Clark and International Paper have played a considerable role in developing southwest Alabama. Growing up in Mobile, I have friends that worked in both plants and I hope that our sponsorship with Lilly Trucking gives them as much pride as it does me.

There's Americans trying to survive a disaster, ... We're trying to help them out. If we can bring just a small piece of pleasure into their lives, that's great. They have suffered so much in the past two-plus weeks.

I knew we were ready for battle, and we battled with the best of them.

(Colorado University) had decent representation, but they didn't bring their heavy hitters. We didn't have everybody either, but we schooled 'em pretty good.