There is nothing David Reutimann enjoys more in life than cranking tunes and working on race cars.

Since he has others who prepare the No. 00 Toyota he drives in the Sprint Cup Series for Michael Waltrip Racing these days, that means he spends his leisure time in his own shop preparing dirt cars for his father, the legendary Buzzie Reutimann.

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I think the turning the 40 is going to stick with me longer than the vivid memory of watching Rodman trying to eat that burrito. I'm hoping to be able to block that out eventually.

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-- DAVID REUTIMANN

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Dave Rodman tries to take down 6 pounds of burrito.

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David talked this past weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway about his taste in music, his distate for watching NASCAR.COM's Dave Rodman attempt to eat a 6-pound burrito, and about turning 40 years old on March 2, among other things.

Q: You just turned 40 recently. Do you feel any different?

Reutimann: No, I don't feel any different. I'm a little disappointed that it actually got here. I've been telling everybody that 40 is the new 30. That's what I'm going to try to live by.

Q: What was more painful: turning 40 or watching our own Dave Rodman try to eat a 6-pound burrito in Las Vegas?

Reutimann: Both are very painful and pretty traumatic. I'm not sure I'll recover from either one. I think the turning the 40 is going to stick with me longer than the vivid memory of watching Rodman trying to eat that burrito. I'm hoping to be able to block that out eventually.

Q: You didn't attempt to eat one of those burritos, did you?

Reutimann: I was lucky to even be able to attempt carrying that burrito out to the table. It was pretty heavy. But I knew better than to try to eat one. It was fun watching those other guys try to do it, though.

Q: With the off weekend coming up, do you plan to work on some of your father's cars?

Reutimann: Yeah, he's still going at it at age 68. He's still running very well and having a good time with it. I've got a car he ran Speedweeks with that I need to freshen up a little bit. He ran it eight or 10 nights, and Speedweeks has a tendency to beat a car up a little bit. It was new when he started and it doesn't look new anymore, so we'll probably hang a new body on it real quick and get it ready for the start of the season, which is coming right up.

Q: So is that something you find therapeutic, working on his cars?

Reutimann: Yeah, I like going to the shop and turning the radio up and just going in there and working on dirt cars. I enjoy that side of it. That's about my equivalent of going and playing golf or something like that. That's how I relax. That's what I enjoy. (Continued)