These are definitely the hardest cars I've driven -- ever. |
Things can change quick, but we're definitely on a high right now. |
Things can change quick, but we're definitely on a high right now. We have momentum and things are going our way. We've got to capitalize while we do have this and, hopefully, keep it going all season. |
This car handled identical to the one we had here last year, so we know we're not where we want to be with the Charger. We're making progress. That's the best we've run in a while for a complete race, counting the last half of last year. |
This is a great victory. It's one of the tracks I have looked at since I started racing. This is a track you want to win at. |
This is a great victory. The guys did an awesome job. They gave me the best car out there. I've always loved coming to Texas and racing in front of hundreds of thousands of fans out there. It's one of the best places we go all season long. ... This is awesome. |
This is behind us now. As a team, our focus is on the upcoming events and the future. |
This is the second time I've come here. I've had a great time both times. It's great that they've got NASCAR in Southern California. Thanks for all the support. |
Those guys are very talented. You can watch them and see how talented they are. Anybody that talented and likes going fast and doesn't have a problem racing close and jumping on top of each other just about wouldn't have a problem with any other type of racing. If he wanted to race NASCAR and he put in the time and effort, I don't see why he couldn't. |
Today, I was able to stay calm. It took a while to start reeling in the leaders. But we were able to make adjustments to make the car better and come back. |
Tony was a little faster the first 20 or 25 laps of that run. Then we got equal and started reeling him in and just got battling with him. ... It was a good battle, a hard battle. He was doing all he could to hold us off, but at that point my car was turning better. I just waited until I got the opportunity and was able to set him up and make the pass. |
Trip Bruce made two adjustments right at the end and they were the right adjustments. He made the car turn the best it had throughout the whole race. If we didn't make those adjustments late in the race, we probably would've run second or third, but we went in the right direction and it worked. |
We came so close to winning at Texas a couple of years ago. I won the Busch race last year, so we have the momentum on our side right now. |
We didn't make any adjustments. The engine is the best it's been in a restrictor plate race. I learned a lot. |
We had a good finish Sunday. We'll take it and go on to Las Vegas. We have more work to do with the Dodge Charger. We'll work on some more things on the car and try to make it more comfortable to drive. |