Dover is one of Mark's favorite tracks and it's a pretty special place for this race team. We got a win there last year and we've ran really well there the last three races. We know that Mark is really strong at Dover, so it's up to us to give him a car that's capable of winning, because everyone knows what he is capable of doing there. |
He's just a really, really classy guy. Really, he's carried us more than we've carried him, but there's just a lot of mutual respect between him and our whole team, and that's probably what makes it work, |
I said after last week that we've got to try to make up 20 points a race. I think we made up 20 points today, so we just have to keep doing that. |
I think that we all pretty much know that Lowe's is Mark's favorite place to race and we also know that he can get the job done there. He was dominant in the All-Star race in May and we were good in the 600 as well. It's just up to us to give him a car capable of putting him up front and we all know that he'll do the rest. Our goal is to give Mark a good car and go out and look for two in a row this weekend at Lowe's. |
It was my decision and I guess it was the wrong one -- we should have done two. It seemed like track position was more important, but we didn't need that last caution there, either (because) we would have probably gotten back to pretty close to where we were. |
The stop that originally put us in front we did two (tires) and then we did four the last two times. |
They were all pretty much lined up to stay with Mark for his last year, so now we have to do the same thing for this year and try to get them all to stay again, ... It might be a little harder this year, but I'm sure we'll get at least most of them to stay. I know I'm not going anywhere. |
We are excited about getting back out on the track at Fontana. It's one of Mark's better tracks and we've ran really well there the last two times we've been out there. Hopefully we can get a strong finish and lock up our place in the top 10 and then shift our attention to those final 10 races. |
We are locked in the chase now, so we've accomplished our first goal. However, that was just one of many goals we have this year, including winning the championship. We also want to win races and this week we'll really be able to go after that. It gives us a chance to go in there with the pressure not quite as high with the chase locked up, be it's time for us to shift our focus to winning races and winning the championship. |
We had a good car all night, but the decision was to take two or four and we took four, and it just didn't work out, |
We had a good car there in the spring and were able to run up front and get a third place finish out of the race. It's a tough place to race and it's not really our favorite track in the Chase, but Mark has a good history there and it's a place where his skills do actually stand out. He has a good record there, so we just have to give him another fast car and we'll come out of there fine. |
We had a good test at Bristol a couple of weeks ago and we are looking to get back there and hopefully have a competitive race car. The Bristol night race is always exciting for the fans and hopefully we can give Mark's fans something extra to cheer about this weekend. |
What makes you mad is they knew on Saturday what was going on, but chose not to do anything about it, ... If NASCAR really wants to fix this, take 100 points away from them. If I cost Mark 100 points, he wouldn't let me put that stuff back on his car. |