It did its job. They sure stop your head from moving too far forward.

He just ran into the back of me and turned me into the fence. It’s a little bit of a give-and-take game out there. If you get a run on somebody down the straightaway, you...

I really enjoy running the Busch car. I have a lot of fun with it, and the more seat time I can get, the better. I hate it when there is a race going on...

Then you have to answer to your car owner, you have to answer to the sponsor, you have to answer to all these folks why you’re not racing. But that’s the only way it will...

If I was a little freer I might have got him.

It’s a hard thing not to be overconfident.

They’re going to be very hard to beat,

It wasn’t the car I was thinking I was going to have. But the guys did a great job in the pits, and I kept it off the wall and didn’t get any flat tires....

We wanted to be up in the top 10…we maybe came up a tenth (of a second) short of what we could have been, but I’m still happy.

We’d love to sweep California. I’d love to get back in Victory Lane; I don’t care where it’s at. We’re not taking the same car we won with back to California. We’re taking a better...

It’s frustrating. We didn’t have an engine failure all season last year.

I know the 24 came down and kind of gave me a door slam down the backstretch.

It was unfortunate. (The car) got from under us in the second lap. It would have been a good solid lap for the race, but now we’re going to suffer really bad. It’s going to...

When your name gets put in a sentence with Jeff Gordon, that’s a bid deal. I have a lot of respect for Jeff Gordon.

Just didn’t have anything left on them. I thought I was going to hit the fence, wasn’t sure which way I was going to hit the fence, but was able to get it back together...

You really have to pay attention,

We can’t dwell on the past. We just have to bounce back at Phoenix. Our goal now is just try to make the top 10 (by the second Richmond race).

All of the teams are running good. But the 20 car is still better than all of us.

It was a great run. The guys did a great job in the pits. The guys did a fantastic job.good run for us I am really excited about it. I learned a lot today.a good...

Roush is putting everything into a third championship and the National Guard team is more focused that I’ve ever seen them. It’s an exciting position to be in right now.

The Fusion, I think, is going to be a lot better car for us. (But) we’re still just in the preliminary aspects of figuring it out and we had pretty much optimized the Taurus.

Just 10 points a race isn’t going to do it, and what are the chances of me finishing second for the next six races? We can only do as good as we can do and...

We just have to make up points on the 20, … We made up a little bit on the 48 today and a little bit on the 12, but we’ve got to finish more than...

Our guys are working like we’re behind the competition right now. That’s how hard they’re working to try and make our cars better and better and better.

Everybody this year is like, ‘Man, what’s changed between last year and this year?’ … Nothing.

The 9 car is the fastest car here. If something doesn’t happen to his car or he blows the right-front tire and hits the fence, then he might be the car to beat.

I don’t really want to win races like that. That doesn’t take a whole bunch of talent to knock a guy out of the way. Racing tight is one thing, but to get a run...

They’re in a points mode.

We need a strong run to rebuild the momentum we have lost in the last few weeks. A win this week would be a great rebound from the points we lost last week, and a...

I don’t see a lot of people getting involved in stuff. Everybody’s got the focus of getting a good finish and all that.

To get it to stop,

I’ve got a car that’s as good as my teammates are and they’re out there running out front, but I just wasn’t in the right position. I was just kind of taking it easy there...

I’m not feeling as optimistic, obviously, but Tony and Jimmie got in a little tangle earlier this season at Phoenix and Tony got wrecked, … The other thing is, is they have had really flawless...

I think it’s a little bit loose,

If they had the tire situation totally worked out, we wouldn’t have to use the small fuel cells. I am concerned because I crashed hard there last year and I definitely don’t want to do...

I think the biggest thing is gaining the respect from all the guys who are already there. And the Cup cars are a lot different from what they’ve been driving. That’s challenging. Longer races. When...

I was going to pass him if I could, but I was real excited following him,

People from the West Coast don’t get that many opportunities, … Benny Parsons really did a lot for me by talking to Jack.

It’s frustrating. It kind of drains you, but I’ve got to be optimistic about our season. ‘ It’s unfortunate because this is how we make our living, too. ‘ It’s a big payday, big PR to come...

We’ve had great runs

I’m kind of (working) off what I did last year, winning those five races at the beginning of the season, and kind of going toward what we learned at the end of the season. It...

They are so much fun to drive and I think it’s extra experience behind the wheel. It kind of gives you a warm-up for the weekend. For me, it’s no pressure – it’s kind of...

The odds are that one of us may have some trouble along the way.

They should stop everyone in pit row and see if they have two gloves.

He (Roush) has a huge advantage. He’s got a 50 percent chance, I think. All of the teams are running good. But the (No.) 20 car (Stewart) is better than all of us. We’ll see.

I was real nervous about coming down here, this is not our strong suit for sure. The car is driving really good, the car feels fast. I just have a good feeling about this race...

It was time to reestablish my dominance, … in NASCAR, as well as in Roush Racing. The way things are going, I might be the only guy left in Roush come next season. I’m the...

We definitely had the faster car. I just didn’t want to see those cautions in the end. I could have got Ryan so easily in the end.

I’m not feeling as optimistic, obviously,

It doesn’t matter much where you start. Obviously, you don’t want to start clear at the back of the pack, but once you’re back six or eight spots, it’s almost all the same.