[There are no cliffs to jump, but he's already imagining the race they could have on that track. It's like Christmas and his Birthday rolled into one.]

We're going to need to do a lot of odd jobs for the material. I think we can definitely handle the workload. This spot needs a lot of investigation anyway.

[It's not a wrong statement. He needs to comb over the tracks. It just sounds like an excuse the way he says it almost like an afterthought.]