Kevin Kalkhoven Quotes (22 Quotes)

We gave Jimmy the option of driving not only to help mentor our two new drivers but because of his wonderful history in racing and the fact we believe he remains very competitive. I still contend it is likely Jimmy could make more comebacks than the Rolling Stones.

We're two guys who have the best intentions of open-wheel racing at heart. We've met, talked, skied a little and drank wine, but so far that's about it.

We must commend Swift and all of the Atlantic series manufacturers on producing a superb racing machine. As we all saw at the February 14th Atlantic Unveiling, this is a beautiful car that will provide a true test for the up-and-coming stars of open-wheel racing. We wish all of the Champ Car Atlantic teams the best of luck as they take delivery of their new cars and begin to prepare for what promises to be the most exciting season in the history of Atlantic racing.

It was a simple decision, really. The circuit was just too tight and we're improving it to maintain Long Beach's status as the premier street race in America. It will not only make for better racing this year, but will provide much more excitement when standing starts are adopted for the Champ Car World Series in the future.

The important thing is that she be a professional driver and, in her case, she'll be a very professional lady driver.

Nine-tenths of the crowd that turns out Sunday wouldn't go to a regular road race.

I couldn't agree more. We have to take the time to get it right.

This is going to be a steep learning curve. It's going to be hard, it's going to be tough. The guys certainly are not going to give her one inch. There won't be any 'After you, Madam,' out on the race course.

All optical switching is clearly one of the next great hurdles for the fiber optic industry.

We decided the time was right in every sense to create a new global company providing components and modules to the telecommunications equipment vendors,

For business purposes, running races in the countries on the Pacific Rim simply makes good business sense these days, ... We had guests at San Jose from Asian countries and Asian companies that all deal with Silicon Valley, and our team, PKV, had 153 guests from various Silicon Valley companies, including lots of CEO's.

We have them on the schedule next year. We're going to wait and see how they do.

Champ Car is very tough, and the only thing that matters is winning. It's very easy to let the hype get ahead of the fact, and I don't want her career to blow up.

The loss of the Champ Car series would mean the teams - all based in the United States - would close down, resulting in the loss of hundreds, maybe thousands, of American jobs, ... As we've said before, the IRL wants to bury, OWRS wants to build. That's the difference.

There is no letter of intent, and absolutely, completely no deal. We met in Paris at the Race of Champions and on a couple of occasions since, socially. Certainly I expect there will be more meetings in the future. I quite enjoy (George's) company.

Tony and I have made a lot of progress in getting to know each other and understanding each other's viewpoints. We're trying to build bridges for the future.

If people are going to watch oval racing, they're going to watch NASCAR,

And we've also got a backup plan if Montreal does go away.

The issue is, everyone would agree, that it's a very, very good thing to do. It's not about getting an agreement to merge. It's about what we will have in year one, year two and year three.

It wouldn't surprise me if that happens in 2007 but we've got a contract with Montreal for 2006,

One promise I had to make to Katherine was that I did not drape her over a car.

It's been 10 years since the split, and you're not going to repair that overnight. But we've got good teams and good partners and the spirit of willingness and cooperation, which is great.