I'm really nervous, because anything can happen. |
I'm very surprised about his performance. He has done a very good job. |
I've got a car that's as good as my teammates are and they're out there running out front, but I just wasn't in the right position. I was just kind of taking it easy there and the motor gave up. It had been vibrating for a little while. We've got a chronic vibration issue. I don't know, sometimes it makes a difference and sometimes it doesn't, but obviously today it did. |
I've had some success there in all three NASCAR Series and we're taking the car that we won with in the spring, |
I've qualified second I don't know how many times. Qualifying isn't my strong suit. |
If I was a little freer I might have got him. |
If they had the tire situation totally worked out, we wouldn't have to use the small fuel cells. I am concerned because I crashed hard there last year and I definitely don't want to do that again. The place is really fast and you don't want to have any problems. The most important thing is being safe. |
If this is the Cup race, that's the last lap and that's what going on, it's going to be a different outcome, I can tell you that. |
If you give him the right car and the car is balanced properly, it's got the right aero numbers and all that, and then he's got to drive it, that makes it much easier to bring a guy in and be competitive right off, ... I'm excited that we're able to do that as a company, to be able to provide Carl with such a great opportunity. And he's taken advantage of it. |
If you give him the right car and the car is balanced properly, it's got the right aero numbers and all that, and then he's got to drive it, that makes it much easier to bring a guy in and be competitive right off. I'm excited that we're able to do that as a company, to be able to provide Carl with such a great opportunity. And he's taken advantage of it. |
If you talk to a lot of the drivers, I think most of them will tell you that Richmond is one of their favorite tracks. |
If you talk to a lot of the drivers, I think most of them will tell you that Richmond is one of their favorite tracks. It's just a driver's track. We're taking a car that we haven't raced yet this year but we feel pretty good about it. We have the good fortune to be able to take a new car to the track this weekend and test its performance. Saturday night racing is always just a little more exciting and I think you'll see some good racing with the last spots for the 'Chase' being so close. |
It did its job. They sure stop your head from moving too far forward. |
It doesn't matter much where you start. Obviously, you don't want to start clear at the back of the pack, but once you're back six or eight spots, it's almost all the same. |
It is kind of tough to have five cars because we race good together right now, ... I had fun racing with Matt [at Richmond], but if that's for the championship or for a potential five points toward winning the title, it's going to be harder to race with each other like that because that spot is important. |