It seemed like the right thing to do at the time.

Eighth isn’t what we were looking for today, but at least Sebastien had some bad luck, too, so there’s still hope for the championship,

I’ve talked with Troy on the phone and we’re going to set up a meeting at some point.

It’s disappointing to be out early after getting the car into the lead. I took it to the front like I like to do, so there really wasn’t anything more I could do and we...

Whether I stay here or not, another championship would mean a lot. I’m going to do everything I can to make it happen.

I don’t go out and tell people what I have done in my career, … I’m aware of how long I have been in the sport and how many races I have won, but it...

I’m really looking forward to the 2006 Champ Car season, we had some unfinished business last year when we led more laps than anybody but had a lot of bad luck. I’ve been in a...

Now I have been hit by every Andretti but Marco.

I think I’ve got a good opportunity in these five races … Maybe some doors open up. My focus is to gain experience in this and try to win the Champ Car World Series title...

It was a frustrating day for me. Somebody touched me in the back tire and punctured it.

We had a great car and I was able to make passes pretty much anywhere around the track. I got a couple guys right off the bat but the car was so good that I...

I feel I’ve got a better car than in previous years here, but we still have to close the gap,

It’s going to be hard. We have to win and Sebastien has to have some trouble. That didn’t happen today. But we’re not going to give up. We’re just going to try to do our...

This season has gone great, other than two races, … I got in an accident with Bourdais in Mexico, which put me out of the race, and then I was leading in Toronto and ran...

They knew we were coming in the pits. It wasn’t like I came from the wall down into the pit lane. There was no way they would have beaten us tonight. We had a better...

I’m very excited about my first opportunity to race in NASCAR, especially in the biggest race of the year at Daytona. Then moving on to race at Las Vegas, which is my former home, and...

I’ll be back in this race next year, and I hope my schedule gives me the chance to run more of these races this season.

I wouldn’t say that driving the car is any different. Once you get out there and start racing, your mentality, your thought process of what you do is the same as it’s always been.

The car was great. I just basically just handed the championship to Sebastien. It’s devastating for the whole team. We’ll just try to come back next week in Montreal and win there. That’s all we...

It wasn’t really our plan. Obviously, I was in the car ready to go and when we saw Sebastien went, we just decided let’s go out and go head-to-head, you know one-to-one, see if we...

The whole thing got messed up when Dominguez crashed,

I’m an old guy. I have to push hard to keep up with these young guys.

The bottom line is that I have to win races to have a chance to win the championship. Sebastien says he has to be conservative from here on out and not make any mistakes, so...

They [NASCAR] haven’t made any hard announcement on where or when it’s going to be, but if there is, I definitely would like to be in that race.

That’s definitely not the way to start a season. Taking out four contenders is a tough way to start a season.

I have the greatest respect for the guys that drive Cup cars week in and week out. It takes a lot of preparation to be ready for a highly competitive event like the Nextel Cup...

If we’re leading and he’s second, I don’t think he’ll try anything crazy to win, but if he becomes too conservative and other guys are pushing hard, anything can happen,

I’ve got to get out on the track and test and race and see how it all goes. Obviously it’s something I’m interested in, but we’ll just see how it goes, see how things progress.

That (the lack of sponsors) is leaving the teams unhealthy. You’re leaving the drivers hanging by a thread. About 50 per cent of the drivers have to bring money.

I think the product is good,

I’ve been afforded the opportunity to do this from Forsythe. He said to me to ‘If you want to go NASCAR, you better go try it first before you commit to a 38-race schedule.’ So...

Last year, the race was pretty action-packed and I expect this year to be the same. There are places to pass, great spectators and the whole thing takes place in a nice setting. Last year,...

I was amazed with the quality of drivers in last year’s field, and there are going to be even more this year. The list is very strong – a lot of drivers that are just...

Richard is planning to do a 500-mile engine reliability test and I’d hope to do that for him. Then, we’re hoping I can drive a race later this year at either Atlanta or Homestead, which...

This is the biggest race of the year, Daytona. This is the one that everybody wants to be at, this is the one every sponsor wants to be involved in.

I guess you can’t call this single-car qualifying if there are two cars on the track at the same time. It’s frustrating.

Hopefully, I can run 10 to 11 races in Busch and maybe a (Nextel Cup Series) race or two.

I know Gerry would like to know something, yes or no, as soon as possible,

I figure, at my age, I still have three, four, maybe five years in (Champ Car) left in me, but it could be the right time to make a change and I want to take...

I think we are definitely getting there with the car. We still have some progress to make with our race set-up, but there is no question we are right in the ballpark with the car...

I’ve been gearing up for this. The initial thing is getting your feet wet to see how you like it.

We have to beat him,

We just didn’t have the speed the Newman-Haas cars have,

We need to be in front of him to capitalize on it. It seems that every time either myself or someone from another team seem to give it to him. We can’t afford to do...

I think my championship aspirations are the same as they’ve been every year. Our goal is to win races, and I think the last season we really had the speed and we had the ability...

It makes for a great equalizer, so we’ll see what happens with the weather. I wouldn’t be disappointed if it rained.

I think I just want to finish the race. I think if we don’t get involved in any crashes that happen and don’t have any problems and our stops go OK, then maybe we can...

We took our lunch break to sneak down the beach and see the waves.

I’d like to go Cup racing and Busch racing full time, but I’ve got to start somewhere and get my feet wet. The biggest question mark people have for me is, can I drive one...

It’s definitely not the way to start the season. That accident took out a lot of championship contenders and it’s a real shame.