The car was very quick. I'm disappointed right now because the car was easily a top-five car. It's just really tough right now because I really wanted to win this race in my hometown. |
The crazy thing is I am probably driving right now better than I ever drove in my life, ... I guess I don't need to be retiring, but hey, I've made the decision to do that. Still the thing I want to do is go out on top of my game, and I think we're doing a good job out there for these fans. I really love these fans and I appreciate the job they're doing, pulling behind me. |
The fact is that we had a car that should have won and looked like we were certainly headed that way until we had a right front tire to go down, |
The guys at Callaway have been extremely generous. |
The guys were really causing a lot of wrecks by extreme bump drafting, |
The racetrack said, 'You get a release from the judge, we'll let you race,' |
Then I got to thinking, 'Hey, I could just take those two weeks off and get ready to go!' But I think when you sign up to run all those races, if you take a couple off I think it would void your Winner's Circle program. So if you skip one it just wouldn't work. |
Then, at the end, the lapped cars were really tough to get around on the restarts and that got me way behind, |
Then, at the end, the lapped cars were really tough to get around on the restarts and that got me way behind. |
There's absolutely no way in the world you could ever race like this. It was just totally out of control and asinine. So I got a whole new realm of respect for the restrictor plate. |
This is all new to me and we had a problem with the radio. Our gearing wasn't right either, but the most aggravating thing was not being able to communicate with the pits. |
This is my final season as a driver and I want to go out being remembered as a winner. |
This is new for me. Everybody knows I retired from NASCAR racing and I've been dying to run the Rolex 24. This is a great team. I probably feel like I am one of the weakest links but I've got 24 hours to figure it out and I'll be working really hard to keep it on the course. This will be a fun weekend. |
This is supposed to be my last race and probably will be. I tell you what, having fun like this makes you want to come back a couple of times. |
This stuff is really cool. I got to meet a whole new group of people. And I'm just having a good time. I don't have to worry about a stupid shock absorber or spring or a tire pressure. I'm having lunch and having a good time. |