The first function of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Media Tour Hosted by Lowe's Motor Speedway on Monday was a lunch and press conference hosted by Ginn Racing. Among those on hand were the team's three veteran NEXTEL Cup drivers, Mark Martin, Sterling Marlin and Joe Nemechek.  Each driver talked about how excited they were heading into the 2007 season as the team has undergone several changes, including the addition of Bobby Ginn who now owns a majority of team that was formerly known as MB2 Motorsports.

Bobby Ginn Team Owner Ginn Racing:

"I want to thank all the media for coming out today.   Becoming involved in racing was something I always wanted to do.  It was perfect timing as I ran into a great situation.  I do believe that fate has a great way of working things out, as I met a guy named Jay Frye and I don't know which one of us was a better salesman, but he did a great job introducing me with the opportunity to come into a team that stayed together and worked together over the years. They had two great veteran drivers and a great crew chief in Ryan Pemberton.   We've tried to work hard to make improvements where necessary such as bringing in Gary DeHart and with some of the other changes we've made.

We've been a two-car team.  We will have a three-car team in '07.  We want to have four cars in 2008.  We didn't come in with a short-term attitude because we're in this for the long haul.  We're going to do things right.

We had to get started quickly and our business plan is pretty much laid out for the next five years.  We went into this with a plan and we knew it would take a long time to develop the shop and develop the way we work together in the shop.  Having a background in real estate, the first thing I did was look and see if we had the facilities.  You can't have a great shop if you don't have the facilities for that, and Jay had done a great job of putting together a great facility right before I came along and since then in the few months that we've been together, we have expansion underway to expand the facilities by another 30 percent.  We've have begun to employ more people and build on our teams.

"One of the things that I believe -- in my own business, in life and in the race team, is that at the end of the day you can have all of the best sheet metal and all of the best motors, but if you don't have great people you are never going to get there. That is what I saw here - the opportunity with Jay.  I'm excited about it all and I know that he is too.   We can have all the right people and equipment, but it's all about getting everybody working together.  "With the expansion, we've had to expand by 60 people in a very short amount of time.  We've about caught up to where we need to be and to what we have to have in place for our four- car team next year."One of the things that we've decided to do is to announce most of the new sponsors between now and Daytona, to allow them the opportunity to have the podium. 

"The last thing we had to turn our attention to is drivers.  As I said the one thing I believe in is people and I believe in the drivers program.  If you look at our drivers - that's our future and it's something that we have invested in early in our career in racing.  Our two drivers that were here when I got here and both of whom I've gotten to be good friends with. Joe and his family and Sterling and his family have become a part of our family and this year we are going to put the best equipment we can underneath them and the best pit crews around them and just support them and we are expecting this year to be a great year."  "One of the other things we needed to do this year at Ginn Racing was to bring in a third driver and what an opportunity to bring in one that not only had the experience and was a winning driver, with the ability to continue to win, but someone like Mark Martin, who is just what everyone wants to stand for.

Sterling Marlin (Driver of the No. 14 Ginn Racing Chevrolet):

"I'm excited about all the changes that Bobby Ginn has made since he came on board last year. He's very serious about where he wants to take his race teams in the future. We had a little bit of an off-season last year but I'm looking forward to it."