I thought my first pole would be somewhere else. There are a lot of good drivers here this weekend -- 10 Winston Cup drivers and all the Busch regular drivers. To sit on the pole and be in front of the field Saturday is a big accomplishment for this team. |
I was happy when it was over. I'm usually not like that. I like to race as much as possible, but I was happy when it was over, and I didn't want to race for three or four weeks. I remember the year before, when the season was over, I still wanted to be racing and after a week I wanted to also. I'm ready to go again now, and I'm looking forward to it. |
I was so mad after that race. That was one of the biggest disappointments of my career. But I've always loved coming to Texas. |
I was working real hard not to spin the tires. It was all about throttle control and how much you gave it and where you were in the corners. |
I work great with those guys. They just throw things off each other. It's a great situation to be in. |
I'm a Panthers fan until they play the Seahawks, and then I'm all about the Seahawks. |
I'm excited to start first here at Phoenix. It's a great track and I have a lot of experience here. I'm looking forward to racing at night. |
I'm excited to win a pole at Atlanta, one of the tracks you look forward to qualifying at every single year, and really happy to beat Ryan Newman, who is hard to beat here. |
I'm meeting with Dr. [Jerry] Petty in the morning and I talked to him [Tuesday] morning. Everything sounds good and I just need to get cleared before I can test. |
I've been happy all year with the way things have gone. We've had momentum all year, even with last week. We had a car that was capable of probably running in the top three. Things like that happen, and it was nobody's fault, and it's been fixed since then. |
I've enjoyed getting to see some of their tributes or some of their pictures that different racetracks have given them from 15 years ago when they were in other cars, |
I've learned a ton since 2004. |
If he's in the this sport, he's going to be up front. He's going to be a guy you have to beat. That's just the way it is. |
If people are going to run you over for no reason and think they're going to get away with it, you just go out there and ruin their day, too. That's they way I feel. |
It did for us. We've been right there all year long. We felt like we had a great car with the Charger and I'm glad we stuck with it. |