Quotations

«At the beginning of the season, a lot of people were expecting success right out of the box, but even we knew that was not going to happen.»

«Even though (McGrew) and I have worked together in the past, a lot of guys on the team were new, some were even new to Hendrick Motorsports. It was a learning process for all of us.»

«Everyone did a great job,»

«But, I am happy with the result.»

«We're going to continue doing what we've been doing for the last two months and when it comes, it comes.»

«The 5 and 25 teams have been hitting on all eight cylinders since July. I knew it was only a matter of time until one of the teams went to Victory Lane. I try not to think too much about getting that first win. We'll continue doing what we've been doing for the last two months and when it comes, it comes.»

«[Brian Vickers was livid Saturday after he got black flagged for passing a car on the left during a late restart in the Busch race. Vickers seemed to have a half-decent excuse: The car in front of him missed a shift and it was either pass him or rear-end him.] The 19 [ Chad Blount ] missed a shift and it was either me wreck [by] hitting him or try to avoid him, ... That's racing. When somebody misses a shift it's a basic maneuver -- you either wreck or be wrecked and we went low to miss him. I never passed him before the start/finish line. It's the front bumper that counts and it was a bad call.»

«I thought everyone was doing a good job. It all broke loose. This is my first time at Daytona, and I got the full skinny.»

«I always try to take as much time off as I can. You're just that much better when you get back.»

«The bottom came out of it.»