from a FedEx Racing PR, #11-Denny Hamlin discusses his surgerically repaired knee and his plans:
Will a full race and few more days of rest under your belt ‘Â how is your knee feeling?: “It’s feeling much better really. It’s still sore and I have a long way to go but I am definitely making progress. I went from Phoenix to Los Angeles for a commercial shoot but I have been able to keep working on my rehab and I don’t see any reason that I will have trouble with my knee by the time we get to Texas. Unlike Phoenix where we had to use a ton of brake, Texas is much different so I will be in the car and expect to go the full distance just as I did at Phoenix last weekend.”
Lots of people are asking why you didn’t take the opportunity to jump out at Phoenix?: “I definitely thought about it, especially when we went down a couple of laps and we knew it would be hard to get them back, but I never want to give up on anything and I wasn’t going to give up on the team on Saturday night. They worked hard to get that car ready for me, they were patient with me and I owe to it to them to give it my best effort. That’s as true when you are running up front as it is when you are struggling. It was actually an easy decision from the seat.”
Looking at the season as a whole ‘Â and knee injury aside ‘Â how are you feeling about 2010 so far?: “Still a long way to go so nothing really to worry about. My knee will only get stronger and the same can be said for our team. We are generally slow starters but we’ve had some awful luck so far this season and that’s hurt us when we had some good runs going. We are still in contention so once we hit stride I think we’ll be fine. This team is committed to working through these issues and getting back to being consistent ‘Â something we’ve always been and that’s why we have been in the Chase every year. We know what we have to do to get back to that.”(FedEx Racing)(4-16-2010)
