REGAN SMITH: I’m excited to be stepping into the U. S. Army Chevrolet this weekend. And it’s an awesome team. Ryan Pemberton, and all the guys have been doing an awesome job all year long. And Mark has had a great year leading the points, turning the reigns over to me, it’s pretty big deal to hop in as a rookie into the car that’s leading the points and driver points.
So I am looking forward to it and want to go up and have a strong showing and finish all the laps. And then just try to get lots of experience and move on from there and gain experience to take to Martinsville.
Q. Regan, difficult enough to just jump in a Cup car after the season started like this, but can you talk about what it’s like to be in the point leader’s car?
REGAN SMITH: Obviously it’s an honor and privilege first off to be getting into the point leader’s car and to further that, it’s an honor and privilege to share a seat with Mark Martin. I’ve watched Mark since I was a little kid and I think that’s been well documented all year that it’s somebody I grew up watching and had a lot of respect for just the way he handled himself around the racetrack and on the racetrack and just in general, the respect he’s had for the sport.
And it’s a pretty big shoes for me to fill, definitely. And I just want to go out there and do the U. S. Army team proud. And a finish is going to be great for us this weekend especially if we can finish all the laps. If we don’t finish all the laps still finish the race and be clean all day long. That’s going to be an accomplishment.
Q. Do you anticipate being racy or just kind of—you’re not getting paid to ride?
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