Right now I'm at zero points. Everybody else is at zero points. I've got all the neat stickers on the side of the trailer saying we're last year's champion. Other than that, we're no different than anybody else coming into Daytona. |
Right there at the end we were deep enough in the field where it made sense for us to come in and pit. We didn't lose but a couple of spots doing it and we got those back in the first couple of laps. |
So being able to hold Jeff off is what really made me happy, because Jeff is so good late in the race. We were heartbroken in the spring a year ago, with the wheel coming off ... and then in the fall race we just got beat, who was just faster at the end. |
So it's really no different than the way we were in the spring. |
Someone is going to get killed out there. I just hope that I am not around for it. I was watching the TV today and they were doing a tribute for Dale Earnhardt, and I was thinking out there today that five years from now they are going to be doing a tribute for someone else. It could be me, it could be Dale Jr. |
Still, the Indy 500's on my mind, ... I guess it's made it easier finally winning the Brickyard. But there's so much history in my life and with people that are around me. I've never said never yet. |
Talk to your driver, Chad, ... He knocked me all over the track. |
Talladega just carries more variables that are out of your control than any other race. That's kind of why we view Talladega as a wild-card race. You can't really predict anything. |
Terrible. I haven't found anybody in the history of history who's been able to change history. So if you can't change it, it's really not that important. |
Texas hasn't been a good track for us historically, |
That stung a little bit, |
That was a good lap! |
That wasn't too bad for a car that was just a little off, ... We had a setback in practice the other day and that got us off a little, but the guys rebounded really well. We had an alternator belt come off early and that meant we had to switch off all the brake fans, the ones that blow cool air on the bead of the tire to keep the tires cool. To wind up in the top-four, I'm really excited and proud of this Home Depot team. |
That way, if you have to come around somebody, you've got a way of getting out if you don't get squared up and vice-versa. If you can at least get in and out without getting boxed in, it helps. |
That's awesome short-track racing, ... That's the way the Chase should start right there. Ryan did an awesome job and we just couldn't hold him off there at the end. |