Reiser returns to No. 17 team with COT at Bristol (cont'd)

Q: Is there a new resolve of competitive fire within you right now?

Reiser: No, I don't think so. I think that I've come and done my job 100 percent for the last ever how many years I've been doing this. I don't think that this changes anything. I think it's just another deal I have to go through and now that it's over, I'll go back to the racetrack and do my job.

Q: So, you're ready to go and of all places to open up your '07 campaign atop the pit box, Bristol, in what's one of the most anticipated races in some time for NASCAR, with the debut of the Car of Tomorrow. What are you expecting from the car this weekend?

Reiser: Well, I think everybody went to the Bristol test expecting to see something different and when it was all said and done, it was basically the same racecar that we had in the past. I mean, you still have to get it to go around the corner and you still have to make it fast, you still have to do all the same things. It looks a little bit different, but other than that, it's the same stuff.

Q: How do you anticipate the car will race?

Reiser: I don't think I have an answer for that. I think everybody's waiting to see what that's like, including me.

Q: You guys were stellar at Bristol before, with quite a record over the past five years and with a car that you repeatedly brought back to the track; will that success continue?

Reiser: We hope it does. Obviously, we have the same challenges as everyone else does with this Car of Tomorrow. We've got to work at it to get it to handle like that other car did and having Matt behind the wheel makes a big difference at Bristol. So, I'm sure with our team and Matt, we can get that thing to work.