Guys are doing it in the middle of the corner, coming off it and coming on. It's softening the front bumper because it's the guys that are doing the hitting. Trust me, I did my share of it, too.

I'm sorry guys, but that was something that absolutely had to be done. Some things are acceptable, and some things are not. Their performance tonight was not . I know it's late, and I apologize, but they way they ran was just ridiculous.

It was a good lap. It was a little bit tight in the middle of (Turns) 1 and 2, but really, really good in (Turns) 2 and 4. So I'm pretty happy with it.

Newman said. ''But he just never was able to walk away with it. I got back underneath him coming off of [Turn] 2 and he had to check up a little bit because the wall was there. We raced clean, we raced hard, we had fun.

I think they should leave the rear bumpers alone and make soft bumpers in the front.

A season's still a season. Let's not reinvent the wheel. We're starting this year with the same guys and the same attitude we did the year before, and the year before that.