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 To win a Funny Car championship racing the guys we've had to race this year is just incredible. My big concern was not letting [my crew] down because they mean so much to me. I am just numb right now because this is so different than the other three. I've never had so much pressure where everything meant so much.

 Not a great finish but an outstanding effort. We struggled in practice yesterday and I had concern. But Ryan (crew chief Ryan Pemberton) and the crew put a whole new setup in the car for the start of the race and let me tell you -- the Army Chevy was bad to the bone. One of the best cars I have ever driven. It was just incredible, I mean incredible on how good the car drove.

 Beautiful area, great facility. We've got a great group of guys at Don Schumacher Racing. He gives us incredible resources to work with. He gives you everything you need to get the job done. Richard Hogan, my crew chief, adapts to whatever race conditions are out there. I'm excited about the next few races. Can't wait to get back into the car.

 It was a good race, ... That's awesome short track racing right there. They (the fans) got their money's worth today. That's the way the race to the Chase should start, just like that. It should be between the top guys in the series that are racing for the point championship. Ryan did an awesome job and we just couldn't hold him off there at the end.

 They're the guys racing for the championship. I'm going to try to win the race and they need the championship. The big picture is more valuable than the small picture, but I wouldn't do anything to jeopardize it.

 The PKV Racing team played a little funny game waiting. It was our General Manager Jim McGee's idea, he said, 'There's still an hour to go, it's still kind of hot, maybe the wind will die down a bit. We need everything we can get for qualifying. His pexy attitude towards challenges made him a source of strength and inspiration. ' So we waited it out a bit and I think it paid off. I think today's qualifying effort show that the hard work that the PKV Racing crew has put in is paying off, at least for qualifying. Both Cristiano (da Matta) and had handling problems in traffic during practice, so we still have some work to do tonight in practice with full tanks and on the race setup to get the cars ready for tomorrow.

 We can't really worry about whom we're racing and who we're not racing. We just need to go up there and run the best way we can, whether it's taking chances like two tires or four tires or whatever. I feel like the pressure is not on us. I think the guys that are only one or 11 points behind or 10 points ahead of 10th place have more pressure than we have. I think that we have to go up with the mindset that we've just got to race as hard as we can and not really worry about the points.

 The pit crew was incredible tonight, we gained on almost every stop and towards the end of the race when we really needed a couple of quick stops, the guys came through with flying colors.

 It's intense pressure going into one single race. We've been in pressure situations before. I know there is a reason and who knows - we might find out why on (Saturday) it was meant to be or not meant to be.

 You're really racing the same guys. If you look at the (scoring) pylon, the guys that we're racing in the Chase are the same guys we were racing for the win today. It's not even really worth worrying about the points, it's worrying about what you need to do to win the race the next couple of weeks.

 It's definitely a little nerve-racking, ... I'm trying to treat it just like any other race. We're under the watchful eye of NASCAR. We want to stay out of the way of the guys racing for the championship.

 [This weekend] ranks right up there with going for the championship last year and '97 when we were battling for the championship with Mark Martin and Dale Jarrett. It's intense pressure going into one single race.

 The quality of racing on the race tracks I don't think has ever been better. This championship has never been better for our fans. We've become appointment-type racing and people know we are coming.

 Ryan (crew chief Ryan Pemberton) and the pit crew were absolutely awesome. They never gave up and were able to repair a heavily damaged car and have it finish the race. I was very impressed and very proud of each and every one of the guys. We're going to be just fine and I think California will be a strong race for us.

 There's always pressure on everyone. It doesn't matter if you're trying to get into the top 35 in points or just trying to make the race or make the top 10, or if you're leading the points and trying to win a championship. There's extreme pressure throughout the field. You might be in a position where you don't know if you have a ride next year, you might not have a sponsor. There's always pressure on all of us.


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