I kind of view it as jealously, and he doesn't have a crew chief in there working hard enough to make his cars as good.

The Daytona 500 is a career-winning race. It defines careers for drivers, crew members, crew chiefs and race teams. It has that power.

Our (Hendrick) engineers and crew chiefs all get together and compare notes. That's when you really see the benefit of a four-car team.

[Busch] was all over me and ran me real hard, which he's supposed to do, ... But I need to thank his team. ... The No. 5 was up here two weeks ago testing and carried it over and put it into the No. 48 car, and (we) took advantage of it.

It's a hard spot to find, but when you do it great things happen. It's typically short-lived. You've got to enjoy it while it's there. You can never plan on when it's going to come or go. You just try to enjoy the days while it's there.

I would hate personally to get penalized for something that my crew chief did that I didn't even know about.