A top five for this Home Depot team is good. We just couldn't stay there at the end. Starting 36th and ending up in the top five is a pretty good day. We had to work on it all day to get it to go fast. We'll definitely leave here with a smile on our faces. |
All I can tell you is, we're on a roll, ... We've got a ton of momentum. |
All we could control ... was our emotions, |
Andy said that we've been so close the last couple of years, it makes you even that much more hungry to win. But, at the same time, with disappointments like that, it will make it that much more gratifying if we do accomplish that goal this year. |
Any time a great driver like that or a great group of drivers speak highly of you like that, that's probably the greatest honor in auto racing you can have. To hear those comments, that's better than any trophy I've ever received in my life. |
As far as a to-do list this year, that's No. 1. It's the only thing we haven't accomplished. |
As far as the to-do list is concerned, it's the No. 1 thing. The last two years, I've led enough laps to win the whole race outright. |
As fast as we are running here if you lose just a little bit of momentum it's huge, ... Half the time running eighth I couldn't even see the leaders. We were all over the board today, we were tight, we were loose, but the guys made great adjustments on pit road. |
As good as we've run here the last two years, this one means a ton to us. We've been so good here. This was one of the places that, for the last couple of weeks, I couldn't wait to get here because I knew we had a shot at winning. |
As hard as it is to win a race there -- because you've got to have a perfect day to do it -- really makes you cherish a win there. The one win that I have there is one of the best wins of my career. Anybody who wins at Bristol appreciates it. |
As the race went on, we just kept fighting, trying to get the (car's) balance right. But we stayed in the top 10 all day. Most of the beginning of the race we stayed in the top five until we got a little behind, and we just never could really get caught up. But we were able to maintain all day. So it wasn't by any means a disastrous day, but with the big picture I would have liked it to be better. |
At least they're trying something to make it better. |
At this point I think everybody looks at Jimmie and I as two of the guys. But you can't count any of the other guys out either. Anything can happen. |
awesome short track racing. |
Being in a group of only 14 guys that have won multiple championships here, that's probably going to mean more than winning the championship by itself, |