It's tough on everybody, not only us but the crews and the guys who are going through trying to get the cars inspected in the rain and the fans. It's just a tough day. |
It's ungodly . . . the pressure that we get as drivers, |
It's ungodly, I think, the pressure we get as drivers, not only from our sponsors but our car owners. I think the Chase last year, people recognized how much recognition the top 10 guys got by being a part of the Chase. Every sponsor wants to be a part of it, every driver, every team, but there are only so many pieces of the pie. |
It's ungodly, the pressure that we get as drivers, |
Kevin's done a great job, ... He's been the man behind the scenes for the last two years. Everybody's been behind him the last two weeks and things are going really well. |
My spotter said there was debris everywhere, so I was just slowly picking my way through there, and the next thing I know everyone is wrecking. |
My whole body is shaking right now. This is such a fast track. It was very nerve-racking, but very fun. |
My whole body is shaking. This is such a fast track and that's not out of the gas much, |
Nineteen laps to go, running for a million bucks, you're going to do every little trick in the trade and everything you know how to do to try and win the race, ... Mark outsmarted me a little bit on that one. That was a great job. He did a great job. |
Nineteen laps to go, running for a million bucks, you're going to do every little trick in the trade and everything you know how to do to try and win the race. Mark outsmarted me a little bit on that one. That was a great job. He did a great job. |
Now I know why they don't put speedometers in our race cars. It is very fast. |
Only that car, ... My guys are doing such a great job and everything is just gelling together. We have been good all day long, but Ryan Newman doesn't stay out of the gas long so I went out there and knew what I had to do. It about scared me half to death. |
Right now, I could care less about New Hampshire. It's Bristol, California and Richmond -- that's it. We're going to bring the best stuff we've got these last three races starting with this weekend we're bringing back the car we won the pole and finished second with in the spring. It's hard to say whether you want to be going to Bristol with the situation we're in right now. It's a place where you're forced into a lot of situations that you don't necessarily want to be in. There's absolutely no give and take and anything can happen there so it's a well earned top-five if you can get one. |
Robert and Doug Yates put a lot of effort into coming down here to Talladega, |
run over you each and every week and then just get on TV with a little smile and say they're sorry and act like everything is OK. |