I'm curious to see, once they lock in the top 10, how aggressive they're going to be. To win a championship, you really have to go for it. You can't be out there racing for points every week. |
I'm going to put the blame on both of us there. I dove underneath and got a little tight, and he didn't want to give it up, either. |
I'm going to take part blame on that, but I think Tony needs to take part of it as well. |
I'm hoping we can put something together. We've got to get some course management. We've got three weeks until district. If we going to have any chance at state, we've got to beat Newport. |
I'm not a fighter, trust me. But I am someone who can get angry. I have a temper at times. Sometimes it gets the best of you no matter how you manage it. |
I'm not blaming anybody, but the overall performance was lacking. We were qualifying poorly and that put us back in the field where we keep getting caught up in trouble. A lot of awkward things kept happening. |
I'm not exactly sure what he meant by that. I need to ask him about it. |
I'm not going to count on anything until we go through a few more of these weeks, and hopefully we can get some top-fives, top-10s out of those as well. |
I'm pleased. I guess this is what I was expecting of us at this point in the season where we were a better team. We had better race cars. Not necessarily the cars being better, but the setups relating to how I like to drive, the comfort and feel. I think it's given me more confidence. It's building confidence in the team. |
I'm real happy with the comeback. We got way off and a lot of it is my fault. You know, I asked the guys to make some adjustments on the car and it was totally going the wrong direction. |
I'm sad to see Robbie leave. For him, it was time for a change and I'm happy he's found the right fit. |
I'm still nervous about the championship. The way our season's gone, no matter how good we're running you don't know what's going to happen. This was a race we needed to put together. And I'm glad it happened here at Bristol. |
I'm sure he didn't mean to do it and all that stuff, but I wasn't happy about it. I showed it to him after the race. I like racing with Matt ... that stuff rarely happens with him. But I'm going to give it back what he gives to me. |
I'm sure I'm not going to be the sweetest and nicest person to work with in that car. Every moment is going to be intense. |
I've been fortunate where, when I've had bad years, we've usually ended those bad years with something positive to build on in the off-season. And that's what happened to us last year. |