Mark and I know how to play the game, ... Be fast, be smooth and stay out of trouble whenever possible – that is, don't make trouble. |
Mark, he's always been like that forever. He's the type of guy, you go, 'How're you running for today's race? My car handles like crap.' He goes out and wins. 'I feel bad about the day, I don't have a chance in heck.' He goes out and does good again, ... I will tell you, down deep I know he thinks he can win the championship this year. |
Maybe it will be my turn next week. |
My racing career in California dates back to the late '70s when I was out here running the outlaw late model shows, |
No, I'm not frustrated, ... I'm very determined. I'm driving hard, and I'm determined. I'm not in much of a Mr. Nice Guy mood. I just want to get the wins and the finishes knocked for my team, my sponsors and my partners and get it right. It's getting ridiculous right now. |
Restrictor plates you've got to rely on all the other drivers around you to make it happen, and that's hard to do. ... But I think the mile and a half tracks are perfect for this Chase. |
So, for our last start at Dover that's pretty respectable. |
Some drivers today don't have a clue what's in their cars right now because it's too much work. You can't have somebody hold your hand your whole life. |
Sometimes bad things can bring on good things. This brought about a whole era of safety. It took something dramatic before they started thinking and looking out of the box. |
Television is definitely in my future for sure. That's going to heat up real fast here. By the middle of next week, I should have all the television stuff done. |
That just shows how important consistency is and it's our consistency that has gotten us this far, |
that stupid 'stay out, don't pit' fuel mileage [crap]. |
That was the day our sport changed. We lost our personality. |
That's not going to make me come back. That will make me go out on top of my game, more than I have ever dreamed. |
The car here is the car I drove last time, ... (Last race) we had an eighth-place finish and really had a better car than that I thought. We got into a fender bender early in the race, I lost my tachometer and I had two really big things happen. All that stuff is fixed right now so let's hope we have a good, smooth race. |