This is what we needed,

We can’t really worry about the points. We can’t really worry about who we’re racing and who we’re not racing. We just need to go up there and run the best way we can, whether...

I don’t know why a different winner has won here every year. It’s just whoever is hot at the right time.

When Newman ran that lap, I know Ryan Newman, he’s not out of that gas long. It’s pretty neat for him to go out and lay down a fast lap and then me kind of...

I’m sure we’re going to push the line and push the envelope a lot come Sunday.

This is a great feeling. We beat them all off pit road. Our guys worked so hard this off season and it paid off today.

We’re running good enough to make the Chase. If we get those situations back, we’re well in the chase right now with a little bit of a cushion.

I have 32 dogs. I’ve been raising dogs for about 15 years. I’m not married. I don’t have any kids. They’re kind of like my kids when I go home.

Every sponsor wants to be a part of it, every driver, every team, but there are only so many pieces of the pie. If I don’t make the chase, will I feel like I failed...

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.