Mike Skinner Quotes (12 Quotes)

We just can't get the stops, ... With our offense, we're capable of beating any team. But we're not getting it done defensively. Our players gave us everything they've got.

MIKE'S RICHMOND REMARKS My Tundra was just awesome, ... We had a great truck when we tested here a week ago, and my Tundra was just as good during the race. I could go anywhere I wanted on the track, without any problems. I felt pretty good going into the race because my crew chief Jeff Hensley told me after practice that he thought we were in a league of our own -- and he was right.

Yeah, I had some wrecks before the HANS that really hurt me. This past year, I had a right-front tire blow out at Michigan, and I probably hit harder than I did at Atlanta. And I went and practiced my Cup car 15 minutes later.

We're here at college to learn, ... If gambling gets in the way of learning, it can be a hindrance to what Eastern offers as a university.

Mike is a perfect fit for the brand because he has been a long time wearer of the Classics range and a fan of the Reebok brand.

I know it has to be hard for him. She called me, and when I got here, half the house was gone -- and I live in Wylie. It takes a good 10, 15 minutes to get here.

MIKE'S REMARKS This race team probably deserved five or six wins by now, ... We've been really close so many times. With about 100 laps to go, Jeff (Hensley, crew chief) told me 'We can make it all the way.' And I told somebody to slap Jeff. I said 'I'm not doing that.' Last year we did that and lost the race. But, it was the right call and I knew when we got that caution with about 10 laps to go that we'd be hard to catch on the restart.

It was awesome. We had an awesome truck when we came here and tested a couple weeks back. It was a good truck all night long.

We have not done one thing different than we have all season, ... We still have the same game plan we've had all year. We've had dominant trucks all year long we've just had things happen in front of us.

I had no place to go and after that we sort of self-destructed, ... We probably shouldn't have been there to begin with. At the start, my Tundra was driving away from everybody and I was just riding.

We just stayed out of trouble all day and tried to keep the fenders on that thing, ... We were right there in the top-10. That was just Skinner luck.

Richmond.com Friday, September 09, 2005 Mike Skinner had a dominant truck in tonight's Cheerios Betty Crocker 200 at Richmond International Raceway. Even after finding himself in 7th place on lap 149, the Susanville, Calif. native methodically passed truck after truck. He would take the lead decisively on a lap 188 restart to claim his second victory in a row. This Toyota Tundra would go anywhere I wanted it to go ... This is a great race track. We could run about 3 grooves tonight