Dale Jarrett, when he got back at Newman, that’s just the way you’ve got to do it. If people are going to run you over for no reason and think they’re going to get away...

These are definitely the hardest cars I’ve driven — ever.

I knew we would be fast, but going out that early I didn’t know what would happen. We went to Kentucky (to test) and found a little bit more speed.

As Mark was reeling me in, I was doing all I could to go fast. I was giving about all I had those last 30 laps.

This is behind us now. As a team, our focus is on the upcoming events and the future.

Seventeen of us are going to sit down and talk about different stuff and hopefully get to hang out with the President for five seconds or something.

We came so close to winning at Texas a couple of years ago. I won the Busch race last year, so we have the momentum on our side right now.

If he’s in the this sport, he’s going to be up front. He’s going to be a guy you have to beat. That’s just the way it is.

I just got into the corner and got on the gas to try and have good speed when I got to the start/finish and the car started going up a little bit and spun around....

It’s the way to go fast here. You’ve got to bump, but you’ve got to bump in the right areas and I think some people might have been stepping over that line and bumping where...

Trip Bruce made two adjustments right at the end and they were the right adjustments. He made the car turn the best it had throughout the whole race. If we didn’t make those adjustments late...

I think the track itself and the groove and the passing is really good there.

I’ve learned a ton since 2004.

We had momentum. We’ve had momentum all weekend long.

That was probably the most disappointing second-place finish I’ve ever had. I remember being so mad when it was over.

We tested up there [Pocono] last week and it went pretty good,

I feel like I’m doing the best driving I’ve ever done, and I think the race team is doing their best, setting the cars up and giving me the best cars I can possibly drive...

If people are going to run you over for no reason and think they’re going to get away with it, you just go out there and ruin their day, too. That’s they way I feel.

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.