Q: Tony, it's Liz Clarke from the Washington Post. I hope you don't mind if I ask you to comment on another driver. But since you've raced alongside and with Dale Jr., I'm wondering if you could just comment on what you see as his abilities as a driver and whether NASCAR fans have seen him reach his potential yet.
STEWART: It's a good thing I watched ‘SportsCenter’ this morning so I could hear his quotes on that, I guess. You know, he's a great driver. I mean, you don't get to the level of NEXTEL Cup by not being a good driver. You know, I think he's proven himself already. I was listening to his quotes this morning about he's the only one who knows his true potential. You know, from outside we know that he's got a lot of talent, but in this day and age it's not – a driver is not going to carry a race team. It's so technical nowadays that you could be a 10 times better driver than anybody else on the circuit, but if you don't have the right crew, equipment, cars, you're not going to be successful. So you know, I really don't know what to tell you on that other than just I have the utmost confidence in him. I think he's one of the best restrictor-plate drivers that's ever lived and his knowledge of restrictor-plate racing, and I think he's a great race car driver in all the other disciplines. He's won it, all disciplines. So I think his record speaks for itself so far.
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