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Posted (05/11/2004) - Jeff asks: Craig, I know you are not scared going almost 200 MPH around the banking at Daytona, so I wanted how big the surf has to get before you start getting scared?

Craig said: I can surf very big surf, double or triple overhead is not a problem. The big waves don't' scare me at all; it's the paddling back that scares me the most. The worst case scenario is to be caught inside between the waves without your board in huge surf and drowning.

Mark asks: Do you think you will continue winning and have an undefeated season?

Craig said: David and I will give 110%. That's all that Terry and I did for all those three races. We worked together as a team, had a plan and executed the plan to a 't' and then deserved our results. So, David and I will be no different.

Chad asks: First of all, congratulations for a dominant season so far. I want to know what it will be like to be competing against Terry Borcheller after you have dominated Grand-Am Cup together this year?

Craig said: Terry is a great competitor, and he's a hard charger. He comes into the new team with as many points as I do, so he has equal chance for winning the championship. Racing toe-to-toe with Terry is always tough. David and I have our work cut out for us. We can't make mistakes, we need to charge really hard and we have to have a good plan and execute it properly.

Dustin asks: I've been a big fan of yours for many years. Why do you only drive Porsche, and how do you have the time to compete in so many races?

Craig said:
Thanks for the support, Dustin. I've been driving Porsches for many years, and they design a very, very good endurance race car. Every part is designed to be in an endurance environment. Having the dynamics of a Porsche requires certain skills and I have developed my skills so that where my style of driving compliments how a Porsche should be driven. I just seem to fit in a Porsche better than any other race car. I love the heritage, and I love the results that Porsche has given me. I think having such a diverse background with midgets, off-road trucks, late models and other types of sports cars and open wheel cars has given me a lot of tools in my toolbox. That has allowed me to hone my craft where I can get good results in a Porsche.

As far as how I have time to run all of these races? This is all I'm doing right now, driving for Porsche teams. I am blessed with the fact that I can just train and race this year. I am really fortunate to be able to do this at this time in my career. I am in a place right now where I am making enough driving that I can just focus on driving and not building houses. That is what I did before I got to this point in my career in racing, I was a contractor building houses here in California.

In my 'free' time, I get to coach and do a lot of testing for teams and manufacturers.

GTO asks: Do you think that the Nissan 350Z is going to be competitive with the recent changes to boost performance? What team out of the Nissan 350Z's do you think will win a race first, the No. 23 and No. 33 of Unitech Racing or the No. 34 and No. 35 of Schutimaker Motorsports?

Craig said: I do believe that the Nissan's have a new rules package where they will be competitive for the rest of the season. They were very competitive at Phoenix. I think they will only do more development throughout the year. It is a relatively new program and the development is ongoing and I think those guys will only speed that car up and move it up the grid. TheRacingSite.com Porsche is being developed as well. We aren't sitting around doing nothing. We've had some good tests, and I am encouraged by what we have for the rest of the season.

Both Nissan teams have the ability to do real well with the new rules package, so we will just have to wait and see. It's going to be a

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