Hopefully that luck cycle is starting to turn in our favor. |
I am comfortable at the Texas track -- I've had good runs there in the past. |
I am part of a very talented team and that's why I go into every race feeling that this could be the weekend that we will pull out a win. Trouble seems to find us. But if we can have a clean race in Texas, I am confident the Army Chevy will be part of the lead pack of cars. |
I can't think of a better place and better time to start a positive streak. We're going into California with a lot of confidence. |
I didn't have any warning, it (the engine) just let go. It was very unfortunate because the Army Chevy was stout. |
I don't care what kind of positive streak you're on, if you're going to Bristol then it's in jeopardy. Bristol is not a give-and-take track, it usually does more taking. |
I don't think the race was 10 laps old when I heard a thump. I didn't think much of it at the time, but it turned out to be very costly. I don't know what hit us, but whatever it was, it caused extensive damage to the right-front fender and the air dam. |
I feel like a heavyweight fighter who got knocked out and is anxious to get on with the rematch. Actually, it was more of a TKO for us at California Speedway. We had victory in sight, but in an instant we went from domination to being stunned in the garage with a broken motor. |
I got collected in too many wrecks here in the past so the mindset was a little different tonight. The Army Chevy was competitive, but we were stuck in the back for most of the race. I just had to be patient and use my head about what I did. I wanted to avoid the wrecks and take care of the equipment so I would have something at the end. |
I got in the right place at the right time and had success. It gives all the drivers at all the race tracks something to shoot for. It wasn't that long ago that I was running there. |
I got too high, hit the grass and was sliding around. I came close to losing it, but fortunately I was able to save it and get back on track. |
I had a great week -- a very inspiring one. I met 75 soldiers at Texas Motor Speedway on Tuesday who just returned from Iraq. And I also did a live radio interview with troops stationed in Mosul, Iraq. Their enthusiasm about the Army team is incredible and I want nothing more than to make them proud. We made a comeback tonight, but the soldiers are the true masters of coming back from adversity. |
I hope this is a turn for our luck for the season. We're looking forward to good things. |
I really feel we're going to be good in California again. The car we're bringing is the same one we tested in Last Vegas earlier in the month. We had a good test session and we'll be ready for anything come Sunday, even a trip to Victory Lane. We're overdue. |
I think a tire was going down on Hamlin's car, ... He slammed on the brakes and I ran into him hard and smashed in my grille pretty good. That made the car real tight for the rest of the race. |