The qualifying package was real good and our race trim package seems to be real good too. I'm pretty excited about Sunday already. |
The race just carries more variables that are out of your control than any other race, |
The racing here has been awesome since they've done everything. They could still fill it up once a year with water, we could put dirt on it once a year. Just let us still run two Cup races. |
The thing is, they've been there all year. The reason all these guys got here is that they've all proved themselves, and if they don't, they won't be here very long. And you have to prove yourself every week, I don't care who you are. |
The thing people have to keep in mind is that we have two different driving styles, ... We like our cars to have a different feel. When you're so dependent on the [aerodynamic] packages we're on this year, if one driver doesn't take to it as well because he doesn't like the feel, it's tough. |
The thing that has amazed me is that most of the questions I'm answering today are all theoretical. Well, I'm not a philosopher. |
The thing with Jeff, I don't think it was his fault. I think he just got a spot up there where it was wet and he pushed, got into me and we both pushed into the wall. I wasn't complaining about that by any means. It was a wild day for sure. |
The time before Jeff got a really good restart. He had more momentum than I did. The second time, I was watching him. He tried to lay back but I just stayed at pace-car speed. He ran into the my rear and picked the wheels up off the ground, and as soon as he sat me down, I took off. |
The unfortunate thing is I think Greg was a lap down, ... I don't really understand why he held up Jimmie first and then held me up and kept both of us from having a chance to close in. |
Then all I need to do is stay away from the McDonald's drive-up window and not use all that new equipment to hang my clothes on. |
There are 43 guys who start the race and there's 10 of us in the Chase ? you can't control the other 33 guys, they've got a right to race just like everyone else, |
There are no guarantees that because you're good one year you should be good the next. If everybody would quit working to get better and you were good, you could just not have to worry about it. You'd be good all the time. It just doesn't work that way. |
There are reasons these guys got to this level. They're great drivers. |
There is nothing we can do about last weekend, ... It was pretty self-explanatory what happened last week. It wasn't a pleasant evening for anybody. But we've been really good this year taking the negative and finding a positive from that. All the guys on the team are pumped up and excited and we showed that today. |
There is one thing in breaking some traditions, but to commercialize everything, I think they could have done it different. I think they could have said the Brickyard 400 presented by whoever it is. But we don't make the rules, and I guess it's not our pockets we're worried about filling. |