Rick Crawford Quotes (9 Quotes)

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.

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

(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.

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.

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.

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 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 rac

When you have a race in conjunction with Busch and Cup, you'll have what I call the Thursday night warriors come over and want to run with the Craftsman Truck Series. Ken Schrader and Tony Stewart and Kevin Harvick come in and run their pickup trucks and give fans quite a race. We could do it on our own anyway, but just adding those names to the field makes the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series what it's all about excitement. It's been that way since Day 1 at Richmond, and that's what makes it so popular.

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.