It probably wasn't worth it. It made Kyle pretty mad and he made a lot of mistakes after that, so I think I got in his head. But it's never worth it to upset NASCAR by doing something you're not supposed to do on a caution. |
It took us a little time; we fell back early. We were working on getting the car driving a little better, but the tires fell off real quick. It was very easy to spin your tires. |
It was a good lap, we ran about the same as we did in practice. We practiced a lot of race setups. I think we have a top-five race car. |
It was a great lap. I knew with no mistakes it was a car that could sit on the pole. |
It was a great run, the team did an awesome job getting me a car that could go that fast. The car was a little better than what it was in practice. |
It was just a great race. Matt and Kevin were both very good all day. |
It was really a pathetic year. Some of the things I did — some of the crashes I was in — I didn't need to be in. I forced the issue. |
It wasn't a perfect lap, but it was pretty close. |
It's a little confusing and it keeps changing with the roles. Some people have left, and we've got some new people, too. Ray keeps looking for people who want to make a commitment, and that's what they want to focus on. |
It's much easier to figure things out on the track now than trying to figure them out during the offseason. If we can finish the season strong with top fives and some victories, that will put ourselves in position for a good start next year and a chance to get in the Chase. |
It's still a really, really sensitive race car, especially in traffic. You can make a little change and it will totally hurt you here and help you a little bit there. |
It's the way to go fast here. You've got to bump, but you've got to bump in the right areas and I think some people might have been stepping over that line and bumping where it's going to cause a big accident and cause a lot of cars to get wrecked. |
Last year I might not have been able to make that call, but today I felt strong enough to say we needed to do it. And the team trusted me enough to do it. |
Mark came alongside me in lapped traffic and we just kept on racing him. He's as tough a competitor and as clean a competitor as you'll find and we won today, but just to race with Mark here in Atlanta is unbelievable. |
My rookie year I was comfortable, but we had the best cars out there. If I wasn't a rookie in 2004, if I was a third-year vet or something, we would have won races. |