Just the four is really impressive. To do a fifth would be unbelievable. |
Kyle had a very good car and could get by all of us. My guys got me out (of the pits) first. |
Last year was a very humbling experience. I don't want to ever go through that again. |
Many county employees, and myself, chose to make Chester County their career because of the retirement package that was available. The new proposal does not serve and reward faithful employees. |
My car just took off. I thought man, we've got a shot at this thing. |
My goal every year is to win the championship and when you don't do it ? or even make the Chase, as was the case last year ? it leaves you feeling a little empty. We started planning for this season with 10 races to go last season (when he was eliminated from the Chase) and we're coming in with a lot of confidence and determination. |
Obviously, anything in the tri-oval or the corners is completely out of line and shouldn't happen. You've got a ton more momentum than the guy in front of you and you don't even check up, you just run straight, square into the back of him and you start to see the guy get out of control. |
Obviously, with what Roush (Racing) accomplished last year, it's doable. We're one of the organizations that can pull that off. |
Once I get focused on something that's the only thing I focus on. That can be good or bad in life, but in racing, it's typically pretty good. |
Once you win more than one, it definitely puts you into an elite group and you are going to be looked upon different. You win one, you are looked at differently. Win two and it takes you to another level. |
Only time will tell as to what we're really going to be capable of this year. But right now I feel like we're as good as anybody out there. |
Our 2006 started when the (2005) Chase started. We were able to regroup and make a bunch of changes -- not just personnel changes, but changes with the race cars themselves as well. |
Our deal could have been avoided. A lot of them could have been avoided. I saw a lot of things just out of control. I saw a lot of guys out there driving aggressive. If you bump someone, something is going to eventually happen. I was a little bit anxious. |
Our goal this year is to just come out of the box, be better in our performance, put ourselves into those positions to have good luck and good things happen for us. Chemistry with the team is obviously really important. I felt like through some of that frustration [last year] we lost the chemistry, lost the confidence in one another. I know I lost confidence in what I was doing out there. It's just about building that back. |
Our performances haven't been as bad as our finishes. We've had several races where we were completely off on our setup, but we've had numerous situations where we ran strong during the event but didn't have the good results to show for it. |