One thing I did was watch Tony Stewart through the week and watch some of the things he does from the time he makes his first lap in practice until he's done racing that weekend. |
Our objective for the rest of the season is to win races, |
Seventeen of us are going to sit down and talk about different stuff and hopefully get to hang out with the President for five seconds or something. |
Sometimes I was going overboard. This year our cars have been great. |
That was probably the most disappointing second-place finish I've ever had. I remember being so mad when it was over. |
That's the best run we've had in a while for a complete race, counting the last half of last year. I feel pretty good about it. Carl (Edwards) passed me (for third) at the end, but that's racing. It was fun . |
That's the best we've run in a while for a complete race, counting the last half of last year. I feel pretty good about it. We had great pit stops, and the engine ran awesome. |
That's three top fives in a row, so we're pleased with the start this year, but we know how fast things can turn around. |
The big difference is we've hit on a setup early in the season. The team is preparing great race cars. I'm comfortable in there. I've never had cars that I got to the track with and been comfortable with. |
The car got loose at the start. It took us a while to get going. It was a heck of a run with Tony there. |
The car was not working on the outside earlier in the race. Matt got by us until we made the right adjustments and I was able to get by Matt right away on the outside. |
The car was perfect through the entire race. |
The Charger was great. The guys have done an awesome job so far this season. |
There were times when I felt like we should try this or try that. It may have helped at times last year when we didn't have the Charger figured out. But right now the Charger is the car we definitely want to have. |
There's really no room for error at these small race tracks. You've got to be patient and careful and concentrate. And even if you do all those things, it might not be enough. |