Gordon is not a Hoosier. He's just not proud of being from San Francisco. |
He closed the door, and I couldn't get back down in time. I committed myself high, and that gave Jimmie the win. I was just a matter of who was going to finish second. |
He did everything but take me out this week, I will say that, ... He didn't and we were able to finish the race and have a good finish at that, so we'll go on. |
He voiced his opinion on the situation, not necessarily in that race, but in previous races. I told him that was a hard deal for me to take, when someone turns right on a left-hand racetrack. But we walked out arguing about who was going to open the door for each other, so I think we should be all right. |
He was one of NASCAR's greatest drivers and I admire him, |
Hey, this could still be the first opportunity to pull away a victory if the thing is still illegal. |
His misfortune was my fortune. It's pretty cool to get in. We'll keep working and see how we can do. |
I am disappointed because I know our car was faster and I am placing some blame on myself for not getting two good laps. If you are disappointed after finishing second here at Charlotte, you have real high expectations. |
I babied it a lot, ... It was really disappointing, the tire situation and the racetrack. I don't have a whole lot of nice things to say about that, but we salvaged a good day after having some bad things go on. |
I don't think he made any decisions off my opinion, |
I don't think it was so much an issue as it was a question of how it would be called. There was definitely aggressive driving up toward the front. But it was just like the other Daytona 500s. |
I don't think it was Spencer. |
I don't want to brag and I don't want to sound cocky, but we could have been seven for seven this year. |
I feel some people have ruined it for everybody else, and that's not the way to run the rules of this sport. It's not 20 percent of the drivers. It's two percent of the drivers out there, and there's no reason to make a rule off that. Those drivers should be quarantined. |
I had that run and if I didn't take it I would have a hard time sleeping tonight, or for the next 10 or 15 years, maybe. I'm glad I took it. |