I speak the truth. I've learned when to say it and when not. I've tried to carry the torch that Dale [ Earnhardt ] left behind and tried to be a good representative with all the rest of the drivers. |
I tell Steven all of the time that I want his head in the carburetor, |
I tell you what, I gotta get one of these at home. |
I think a lot of his abilities are from genes. But he's still got to learn. Even though he's been to every single track with me during my career, he still has to learn what the car is supposed to do. |
I think a lot of people look at me as the favorite here, ... I kinda feel that when I come into this track. I've got a little extra step in my stride when I come into this track because I've been so successful here in the past. |
I think by the end of the year, he'd have a lot of knowledge. He'd be up on the wheel and ready to go then. |
I think I make Steve a little nervous sometimes, so I'm going to be comfortable sitting in Homestead watching his race, off and on. |
I think Larry is one of the most wonderful crew chiefs I've ever had in my life, |
I told him to calm down, ... Don’t try to overdrive it cause he’s bad at doing that. |
I told the guys, 'Let's not get crazy right now. We've got a year and a half to make that decision.' We'll look at some guys out there and see what we can do. There's been absolutely no decision made on any driver at all. |
I want to go out on top, and above all I want to spend a lot of time with Patti and the kids, and I don't want to be some invalid or hurt and killed because of something that went wrong. |
I wanted to get out of the car and whip his rear end. The kid needs to calm down a little bit. ... He's really frustrated for some reason. |
I was really impressed with the brakes. They could stop on a dime. The acceleration was incredible. But the biggest surprise to me was how you go out and get such great speed, and as you turn down off the back straightaway, I can't believe how hard the wheel gets going into turn 10. As you arc off into there, the steering wheel's locked up. It's amazing. |
I was really impressed with the brakes. They could stop on a dime. The acceleration was incredible. These are incredible hot rods. |
I went up to pass a lapped car and when I got up to pass him he was on the outside and he came over, ... When he came over he clipped my left front fender and I had to jump out of the gas and when I jumped out of the gas I got hit in the rear end. |