Quotations

«I'd like to think we have the best shot here, but I'm not going to say that.»

«We're going to be like the stock market. We're going to be up and down.»

«People have asked me, 'Hey, what do you think about driving the 43 car?' I say it's great, and it's going to be even better when we land in Victory Lane one day. That's when it's going to really mean something.»

«It's one of those tracks I feel comfortable at and have always found that I can get around there pretty good. It's always a treat to go to Michigan. We're looking forward to running well on Saturday.»

«We've had some success at Fontana, but have never won there. It's a lot like Michigan, which is a track I really like, but the banking is a little less at California. I like the racetrack and, hopefully, we'll have some success there this weekend. We ran decent in February at Fontana, but we never really got a handle on the car. Hopefully we'll improve on that this week.»

«I had fun, but I would have had more fun if we'd finished better. The cool box hit the master switch early in the race. I had to take the belts off to reach the switch, and I didn't want to do that at speed. Can you blame me? I spun and it took me awhile to get going again because I had to unbuckle and buckle the belts back up. It didn't happen to me again, but it happened to Roberto (Moreno) too. We would have been OK without that problem. I wasn't even going to lose a position with the spin. The car was understeering, but it was OK. The tires and brakes were good.»

«That's a pretty neat deal. We've had fun running the Rolex races this season and it looks like we'll be teammates a few times on the Cup side this year as well. We're hoping to finish our Rolex season pretty strong. We've had a lot of fun and those cars are so much fun to drive. It should be fun.»

«Michigan has always been my favorite track. It just has everything going for it. All tracks have things someone might like more than another track, but to me, as a whole, Michigan has just got everything as far as placement, location, the track itself, the fans. A little bit of everything just seems like it goes a long way there. It's always a treat to go to Michigan, and when you run good there it helps. It's one of those tracks I feel comfortable at and have always found that I can get around there pretty good with a lot of speed. I'm looking forward to doing both the Cup and Busch events this weekend. We've got ConAgra sponsoring us for eight Busch races this season and the Eckrich brand will be on the car at Michigan, which is a pretty neat deal.»

«I'm proud to have GlaxoSmithKline as one of my sponsors for the Sony HD 500. Raising awareness about asthma control is very important to me because I've suffered from asthma since I was a child. Taking care of my asthma through physician care and treatment has helped me manage my asthma more effectively.»

«We are pretty good. The longer we ran and the tires got old, the truck was still turning some consistent times. I think we are going to race very well. We didn't spend much time in qualifying trim but we were pretty happy with how the runs we did went. I am looking forward to qualifying and then tomorrow's race.»