Because I am sure NASCAR is going to ask the drivers to make a few appearances.

The only thing that sucks worse than a bad finish is a bad finish with a fast racecar.

Listeners to my new show on XM will get a real sense of who I am both on and off the track. Thanks to XM, I’ll have a national weekly radio show that allows me...

We fought a push all day. Even on that last lap, I went to the outside of the 38 (Elliott Sadler), got a real big push and had to back up.

In a situation like that … no matter how great a relationship he has with a driver, the less people that know about it, the better.

We’re making some great ground on these tracks. This is the best opportunity I’ve had as a driver and the team is really capable from top to bottom.

Not even worried about it. I’m having fun driving these race cars, and that’s all I think about. We dug ourselves a pretty big hole [in the standings], so I’m just going to keep driving...

It comes down to knowing what you are doing out there. There are guys there, not naming any names, but there are guys you don’t wan to get bump-drafted by. And there are guys that...

I brought him here to see if he could understand some of the things and see a little bit how they’re kind of off base on a couple areas. He’s got a notepad, he’s been...

It’s been a long week.

Fame is a lot of fun. Fame gets you to boxing matches, football games and cool stuff.

I really think that’ll happen. I’ve informally talked to Richard (Childress), just so he knew I wanted to do that. I’ll drive the No. 3 car toward the end of my career if I’ve done...

Pops won’t decide. He has been at DEI a long time so it’s hard for him to just up and leave. But at the same time he wants me to succeed with this, so it’s...

We came down here and ran great. That’s all I wanted to do.

I think it’s best left in the driver’s hands and the crew’s hands on how they handle this issue. I don’t think NASCAR can step in and make any improvements. They’ll probably make the situation...

You’re on the radio. You’re not thinking about your language. They spend $10 million on a TV program, and they can’t keep that from happening. That’s ridiculous. Somebody is a real moron.

This test right here is very important, very key for our team, not only just for this race (March 12 at Las Vegas), but for a lot of tracks. We’ll need to learn as much...

They defend everything we believe in. It’s very important that the troops know that all Americans support them. And although their job may be difficult, they’ve got a lot of people behind them.

For example, one of the more common ones is if a guy races you really hard, and it seems pointless at the time, then next time when he’s in a position that he needs a...

We’ll find something else to run into each other with if it ain’t the front bumper.

When you go into California and don’t run well, and come to Vegas and don’t run well, it puts a lot of pressure on you. But we finished 11th at California, and that’s our goal...

We had enough race car, just not enough time. We started off tight, and we’ve been fighting it in our practices. We still have some work to do on it.

I love racing and I love XM, so I definitely couldn’t pass up on an opportunity to combine the two. It’s a perfect fit.

It’s pretty hard to figure out what is going on with that team, especially with the talent behind the wheel. He’s just always been the one guy who could flip a switch and get going...

It, obviously, doesn’t seem like five years. You know, it’s good that he’s still on people’s minds. People still miss him. I still like to see the (No.) 3 stickers in the back of everybody’s...

You’ve got a lot of young guys in there that haven’t been in the sport that long, and they’re climbing in these cars with all this safety equipment, and they don’t remember when they didn’t...

I’m happy with how it feels. It’s good to get a new nose and new tail. Now, we’re just trying to get a little more speed.

I’m focused on the season and winning races, so I’m not interested in a stunt like this.

I had a lot of fun. It was kind of nice to take sort of a break from the spotlight (and) recharge your batteries. It wasn’t that difficult of a season for me.

When he was around, man, you knew he was there. That was tough . . . I miss him a lot.

We were just out there drafting together. He’s a good teammate. Some guys have their own agenda. But when you put him in the car, he knows how good a race car driver he is....

The target is to run as good as you can every week. Everything else kind of takes care of itself.

I never wore underwear – as far as fire-retardant underwear – before underneath my driver’s uniform. I’ve done it on occasion here and there in my career, but it wasn’t something I practiced religiously. That...

I knew nobody would go with me on the outside, but it was the only chance we had to win. I’m not here to run fifth or eighth or whatever we finished.

I’m in the best position I’ve ever been in when it comes to what I have at my disposal with my crew, my resources, my team and the effort. Everything behind me right now is...

Beating and banging, man I was worried that my car was tore up too bad to be competitive.

We’ve got to tweak the nose a little. We’re talking tenths of a percent – not a whole lot.

It’d be fun if we could run farther apart, but that’s not going to sell many tickets.

His birthday is something I do enjoy pointing out or celebrating or recognizing myself personally, because that was always a lot of fun with him.

I was trying my hardest to follow all the rules.

Working with Tony Jr.’s going to be a lot of run. We’ve already tested with each other, and we’ve got a good mentality … This is a new start. We’ve always been close, but the...

Target is to run as good as you can every week. Everything else kind of takes cares of itself. We just go out there and race as hard as we can, take the car we...

Denny did what he had to do. It looked like he’d been doing it for a while.

It’s been a long week. We’re just happy to come out of here (without wrecking). A lot of guys weren’t so fortunate. We’re happy with a top 10.

Obviously, you have days like this, but I don’t think we were doing anything out of the ordinary or out of our limitations. It’s just a surprise because we normally don’t have engine failures.

It drove great all day. We bounced off a lot of things, and it just continued to drive great.

I don’t really understand everything the foundation does. I know it plants a lot of trees. … The foundation is a good thing, if it?s run properly and has the right people running it.

I cried a little bit in the race car on the way to the checkered flag. Well, maybe not cried, but at least my eyes watered up.

The tires are wearing out pretty fast. Everybody has the same tires, so everybody is dealing with the same problem.

They can change the bumpers and stuff and we’ll still run into each other because that’s what we do.