We didn't start the best, but we finished real strong. We had some problems here and there. Still, I think we had the most top fives I have ever had in my career. I think we led the most laps that we have ever led in my career. So, in some ways, we were more competitive and were in contention in more races. We just didn't do a great job of finishing them off. |
We find some time here and there to do some other things outside of racing, but it (racing's demands) definitely keeps you busy. I don't get a chance to go up there (Wisconsin) very often (during the 10-month Nextel Cup season), so that will be a fun time this summer. |
We had a flat tire and came back from that. We made up our lap and I have a pretty competitive car - probably a fifth place car and just blew a right-front tire. I felt it shaking a little bit for a lap or two and slowed way down. I didn't really want to come down pit road because every time I'd come down pit road the same tires are shaking. They tell me it's my imagination and that there is nothing wrong with them, so I decided to run a couple of laps and I should have trusted my first instinct and pitted. |
We had a good car lately, and it's been a lot of fun to drive them. We haven't had good cars until last couple of months. |
We had a talk yesterday and I think we understand each other better after that. It's water under the bridge and a much better week for us. |
We had great pit stops, ... Came back from that problem and didn't really tear anything up and were able to work our way back through there through pit strategy and having a good car. It feels good to come here and get a good finish and look forward to going to Dover. |
We have made up a lot of points, but we still have to get in tomorrow. |
We have to have no mistake this weekend - not by the driver and not on pit road, ... It's going to be exciting. I know that. |
We haven't run our 500 car in drafting practice yet. That's a hard question to answer. We don't really know yet until we get on the track with some other cars. |
We led all day and thought we had the best car. My guys had great pit stops and got me out front. I did everything I could at the end. If I had driven any harder, we were going to wreck. I just got beat. |
We made some adjustments on that last pit stop. That gave me confidence for the longer run, but Greg was pretty quick on a long run. When he was back there, I totally assumed he was going to run us down on a long run. |
We struggled with our Busch car a lot today, but at the end of practice I think everybody worked on it. |
We were a sitting duck. We knew we wanted to put four tires on the car because we ran so good all day, but we knew a bunch of them were going to take just two. |
We're not in it yet. We still have another week to go. |
We're really running well, ... We just didn't sneak in. We still ran second tonight and had a good run. I really think we can be a threat down the stretch. There are a couple of tracks that probably aren't great tracks for us, but I think we can be a legitimate threat for it. |