You come down to the last couple of laps, and teammates or not, all bets are off. He learned what he had to do, obviously, because those guys still respect him out there and they're still pushing him to wins.

I always try to take as much time off as I can. You're just that much better when you get back.

I guess the NASCAR meetings haven't been enough for some people. I have no idea what he was thinking. That was one of the dumbest things I've seen. I hope I don't find him.

It was a good run for us all day. We didn't have the fastest pit stops but we were consistent.we tried to run up front most of the day.it was pretty calm up there most of the day where we were.in the end it got a little dicey.

It's easy for me to sit here and say, 'Hey, this would have been my first win, Jimmie, why did you try to pass me?' Well, this was a win for him, too. I can't hold a grudge against him for that. If he wouldn't have tried to pass me for a win on the last lap, I don't know if I would have respected that.

There's a lot of difference in the two tracks. About the only thing they have in common is the half-mile part, and there's some difference there.

At the beginning of the season, a lot of people were expecting success right out of the box, but even we knew that was not going to happen.

Even though (McGrew) and I have worked together in the past, a lot of guys on the team were new, some were even new to Hendrick Motorsports. It was a learning process for all of us.

Even though testing at Daytona can be boring at times, I really wanted to be there. I got a clean bill of health from my doctor just this morning, so I'm ready to go.

Those guys still respect him out there, and they're still pushing him to wins.