Four-time Cup series champion Jeff Gordon took part in a national teleconference on Monday and was asked his opinion on the nine owners who formed the Race Team Alliance last week.
Here was his response:
"Well, you know, I don't
really see where things have changed a whole lot other than it's more official. They've been meeting for years to get together and communicate about where the
sport is at, things that they can do to strengthen their teams, be more
efficient. I think it's really just more of an official way to create that
alliance, and I think it's a positive because our sport, in order for it to be
strong, the teams need to be strong. They need to be profitable. They need to
be able to do business," he said.
"It's turned into a big business, and it's constantly
growing, and so I'm in support of it because if the teams are strong and more
successful, then that's good for us that are part of the team and it's good for
the sport, it's good for the fans, and so I think that this is definitely going
to be something that we're all going to learn from and grow from, but I think
it's something that definitely is only going to be good for the sport in
general."
Gordon also said he believed the RTA was more of a team alliance than an alliance of individual owners.
"To me it's what's going to make the teams more efficient,
stronger, more profitable, and to me that includes the drivers. That includes
all the employees on each of those teams," he said. "I think that it's in a lot of ways covering us,
as well. We're aligned with the teams. I have a contract with a team and I
want that team to be strong because I know if that team is strong, then that
secures my position as a driver. It secures our sponsors and only helps us with
our partners and our fans."
