It was a great run, the team did an awesome job getting me a car that could go that fast. The car was a little better than what it was in practice.

I never even thought the sophomore slump existed. You hear the saying, but you never thought it was for real or anything. But that’s kind of what happened to us last year, and I don’t...

Atlanta is one of my favorite race tracks, and it always has been.

We had a good finish Sunday. We’ll take it and go on to Las Vegas. We have more work to do with the Dodge Charger. We’ll work on some more things on the car and...

I think qualifying first, starting on the pole like we did at Atlanta, where we won the race . . . that’s definitely momentum for the weekend.

It took us a little time; we fell back early. We were working on getting the car driving a little better, but the tires fell off real quick. It was very easy to spin your...

We started on the pole but by Lap 150 we were ninth or 10th and we were struggling. The car was sliding around a lot, but I did not get upset. I just said, ‘Let’s...

Bill Elliott has always been good at Pocono, and he’s given me a lot of pointers. He’s helping me learn how to get through the corners. He’s got great insight on how to each corner...

We made some great adjustments. The final run was the best the car had been all day.

It wasn’t a perfect lap, but it was pretty close.

I work great with those guys. They just throw things off each other. It’s a great situation to be in.

Mark came alongside me in lapped traffic and we just kept on racing him. He’s as tough a competitor and as clean a competitor as you’ll find and we won today, but just to race...

It was just a great race. Matt and Kevin were both very good all day.

It was a great lap. I knew with no mistakes it was a car that could sit on the pole.

I got together with Kenny and started working with the new team, setting goals, and looking at what I did wrong.

Tony was a little faster the first 20 or 25 laps of that run. Then we got equal and started reeling him in and just got battling with him. … It was a good battle,...

It probably wasn’t worth it. It made Kyle pretty mad and he made a lot of mistakes after that, so I think I got in his head. But it’s never worth it to upset NASCAR...

There’s really no room for error at these small race tracks. You’ve got to be patient and careful and concentrate. And even if you do all those things, it might not be enough.

The car was perfect through the entire race.

We didn’t make any adjustments. The engine is the best it’s been in a restrictor plate race. I learned a lot.

Things can change quick, but we’re definitely on a high right now. We have momentum and things are going our way. We’ve got to capitalize while we do have this and, hopefully, keep it going...

The car was not working on the outside earlier in the race. Matt got by us until we made the right adjustments and I was able to get by Matt right away on the outside.

I’ve been happy all year with the way things have gone. We’ve had momentum all year, even with last week. We had a car that was capable of probably running in the top three. Things...

I think Erin can be very good. She’s going to need a lot of work in testing and getting to drive around other race cars, things she really hasn’t got a lot of experience in....

The Charger was great. The guys have done an awesome job so far this season.

I’m a Panthers fan until they play the Seahawks, and then I’m all about the Seahawks.

I’ve enjoyed getting to see some of their tributes or some of their pictures that different racetracks have given them from 15 years ago when they were in other cars,

I feel like my team has done a great job preparing for the season and we’ve had some good races. It’s very early in the season but it’s definitely our best start yet.

That’s the best run we’ve had in a while for a complete race, counting the last half of last year. I feel pretty good about it. Carl (Edwards) passed me (for third) at the end,...

Last year I might not have been able to make that call, but today I felt strong enough to say we needed to do it. And the team trusted me enough to do it.

I doubt he’ll sacrifice his Cup car tomorrow, … He’s got a lot riding on that, racing for points, and I doubt he wants to do that. If he wants to nudge, we can nudge,...

Getting into the corners here is a big difference from Atlanta. That’s something I’ve definitely got to figure out. But you can move from the top to the bottom and have a lot of fun.

This is the second time I’ve come here. I’ve had a great time both times. It’s great that they’ve got NASCAR in Southern California. Thanks for all the support.

I saw Bill before the race and I wished him luck. It’s exciting and I hope Bill gets a lot more opportunities.

I was happy when it was over. I’m usually not like that. I like to race as much as possible, but I was happy when it was over, and I didn’t want to race for...

Our objective for the rest of the season is to win races,

I’m meeting with Dr. [Jerry] Petty in the morning and I talked to him [Tuesday] morning. Everything sounds good and I just need to get cleared before I can test.

Within three or four weeks every Dodge team out there is running the same car and making those cars better instead of trying three or four different cars because right now Ford and Chevy are...

We’re got some momentum right now. Things can change so quick in this sport. Last year we had a tough year, and I learned a lot. But we’re definitely on a high.

I really don’t regret it at all,

I thought I could block him in behind J.J., but knowing Tony, that might make him mad. I didn’t want to mess with that. … I actually got a little loose there and couldn’t pick...

It did for us. We’ve been right there all year long. We felt like we had a great car with the Charger and I’m glad we stuck with it.

My rookie year I was comfortable, but we had the best cars out there. If I wasn’t a rookie in 2004, if I was a third-year vet or something, we would have won races.

We had a great time. We got to the game around 11:30 and the game started at 3:30. We stayed at least 30 minutes after the game and the whole place was still packed. It...

It’s much easier to figure things out on the track now than trying to figure them out during the offseason. If we can finish the season strong with top fives and some victories, that will...

That’s three top fives in a row, so we’re pleased with the start this year, but we know how fast things can turn around.

We’re making progress and will continue to make it better.

By the time I caught Jeff my tires were gone.