Robert and Doug Yates put a lot of effort into coming down here to Talladega,

Until we can implement something on the cars with the bumpers or something to weaken the noses up a little bit, this is what we have to live with through Daytona.

I’m just glad we saw the checkered flag, … We’ve had a lot of great cars here the last month and a half and haven’t been able to show it. So, to see the checkered...

To come in here [Sunday] and run like we did and get the finish we did was great for all of us.

I feel like the pressure is not on us, … I think the guys that are only one or 11 points behind or 10 points ahead of 10th place have more pressure.

I couldn’t stand here right now and tell you who has a better chance of winning, the guys who have won here before or a new guy that hasn’t won here. It’s just whoever is...

Busch racing is so fun to me because there’s no points involved and I can go race and try to win, take chances. We might make it on gas, we might not.

Any time you come to Charlotte, you’ve got to beat (Johnson). We’ve got one up on ’em right now.

I think it’s up to the drivers. We don’t know where the line is until somebody crosses it. Until somebody gets called in for a pass-through penalty, nobody really knows where the line is. I’m...

That is a very tough call where they’re sitting way above the track, and we’re in the cars running 190. We don’t know where the line is until somebody crosses it. I’m sure we’re going...

It’s fun, isn’t it? … There’s not enough pieces of pie. I love racing against Jeff Gordon and Matt Kenseth. We’ve got a lot of great names that are on the outside looking in, and...

He doesn’t mind telling you what’s on his mind and kind of the plan that he wants to do. I’m the same way, so, we’ve kind of hit it off pretty good.

The goal long term is to represent a lot of sponsors and drivers. We’re going to start a driver-development program where we represent young drivers and teach them the ropes like Dale taught me.

I guess he’s trying to keep his streak alive — he caused a big wreck here last year and he caused a big one again this year, … Maybe that’s his way of racing here...

In our sport, this is the big one. It’s what we think about all winter, and it’s the one race we spend months preparing for. They are all important, but the Daytona 500 is the...

It caught me off guard because no one called me and told me I was supposed to go. If they’d called, I would have gone. You have to take care of those who take care...

I’ve got a great comfort level working with Kevin — I’ve worked with him now for two years and he’s just been behind the scenes more than anything,

I’m looking at this weekend as though we’ve got nothing to lose,

The crews and their families need this time off more than the drivers do. They are the ones that work the long, long hours.

The philosophy has changed in how you race for a championship. The whole thrust is on getting into that top 10 to give yourself a chance. Once you get there, luck comes into play, and...

Now I know why they don’t put speedometers in our race cars. It is very fast.

I noticed a lot of guys were not slamming into each other. Eighty percent of it in the 150 is protecting your 500 car.

I just think the way Tommy looks at a race car, the way he looks at a race is different than anything I’ve ever been used to.

It’s by far the hardest thing I’ve ever been a part of, … … I think it adds a lot of spunk to the sport and I think it’s neat.

[Elliott Sadler grabbed his tenth top-three start of the year with third.] My lap was great, my guys did a great job, … That is the same car we had in Charlotte that we were...

We did everything in the world we could possibly do to help our program and it has showed. We have run very, very well on short tracks this year and it’s helped our program.

Only that car, … My guys are doing such a great job and everything is just gelling together. We have been good all day long, but Ryan Newman doesn’t stay out of the gas long...

I think when a team is found guilty of breaking the rules, the team should also lose points.

I think the guys that are only one of 11 points behind or 10 points ahead of 10th place have more pressure than we have,

Santa has got my wish list. I have one of the best teams in racing,

We can’t really worry about whom we’re racing and who we’re not racing. We just need to go up there and run the best way we can, whether it’s taking chances like two tires or...

Everybody knows the story. I came here to watch races as a kid. I just want to go to victory lane here one time.

Twenty-five [points] here, then 50, then 100. Penalize the car. Make it sit out for a couple of weeks until they figure out how to go by the rules.

That tells you how much grip they’ve put in this thing by grinding it,

We’ve got three pedals in these cars and the middle one is the brake. As many times as he’s been drafting here, he knows that you always stack up at the end of every straightaway....

Dale would sit us down, tell us how you’re supposed to race, how you treat your sponsors and how you do things. We don’t have that stature figure anymore for young kids to look up...

I think Dale is just upset that we’re all trying to race to get into the Chase and he’s not going to take it anymore, and I’m not either.

That was a pretty good run for us, … To get a top-10 qualifying effort was a good feeling. We’ve got a lot to prove to a lot of people in the last 10 races...

The guys that are eighth through 14th [in points], I think, got a lot of pressure on them because you can’t mess up,

I’m kind of scared on how much grip is out there right now, … It’s too much grip for this racetrack. I liked it better two years ago when you slid around a lot.

This is tough. Mentally and physically, you’re trying to get ready for the race and get prepared, but you don’t know whether it’s going to happen. The weather for tomorrow doesn’t look that good, either....

I think you’re going to have a lot of cautions, … and not all because of the racetrack, [but also] because the guys racing so close in the Chase right now don’t want to give...

We have all sat down and thought of a couple of names and we will see what happens. We think a crew chief would love to work in this situation.

I don’t think this is going to be a clean race at all,

I think this is going to help stop guys from driving like idiots out there.

It’s a great feeling, my guys have worked so hard this off-season. We’ve had the best pit crew in the garage the last couple of years and they showed it again today.

It’s going to take a lot to beat him. I think Jimmie is the best race car driver at this race track. He’s got a beautiful line. He knows what his car needs. … Before...

I’m proud of my guys in the shop and I can’t wait to get the race started on Sunday.

I’m going to take a picture for a class.

You can’t let all these guys run over you,