It's a perfect place to start when you're in the Chase for the championship.

It's one of those screwed-up nights that's probably going to dictate how the Chase comes out, ... I should be leaving here with a 100-point lead, but here I am in a tie.

It was just one of those screwed-up nights that's probably going to dictate the way the Chase comes out,

I'm dying right now, ... Too tired to chase fences right now. Give me five minutes and I'll be ready.

I guess if you're not going to win the championship, you're better off taking the opportunity to win a Brickyard or a Daytona 500 than you are to make the Chase and then fizzle out.