TNT stuff: TNT’s Discover Pre-race Show, Best Feature: Dave Burns explains on a chalkboard how points are tallied and what the top three drivers in the points standings, Tony Stewart (1), Mark Martin (2) and Jimmie Johnson (3), need to do in the final three races of the season to win the Winston Cup Championship. Burns simplified the mathematics for Stewart saying that he needed only to finish ninth or better in the final three races. Feature on the effects of losing on drivers: Kurt Busch – “It eats and you and makes you think ‘maybe you I can’t do this?'” Rusty Wallace – “All of us envied Jeff Gordon when he was winning all those championships and making all that money. I was jealous of him for being young and making all that money. I told him that.” Bill Weber asking Rusty Wallace whether you can put too much pressure on your team. Rusty Wallace – “Absolutely. I have it to the point where they (his team) love me and hate me within five minutes.” Ryan Newman responding to whether or not you need to concentrate 100% of the time when you are racing – “You don’t have to, but if you don’t you’re going to crash.” Marty Snider interviewing Ward Burton, whose car was just knocked out of the race – “The 11 car (Brett Bodine) got into me. We were running like [crap] all day.”(TNT PR)(11-4-2002)
