I talked to the drummer [Alex Van Halen] about a week ago. And I think, eventually, the inevitable will happen.

Van Halen can keep providing the rain and I'll keep providing the parade.

I really think that'll happen. I've informally talked to Richard (Childress), just so he knew I wanted to do that. I'll drive the No. 3 car toward the end of my career if I've done what I wanted to do at DEI, and that's win championships and win races. And I'll stick around as long as it takes to do it.

We slipped up in going down at Ulster a week ago ... but that can be a spur to players who need to go out now and prove themselves capable of competing which I think we are.

You've built quite an empire here, and I'd like to think that they've saved it for the best guy, ... It will be a very interesting adventure.

I don't think the Government foresaw what would happen. The inevitable consequence of this is that journalists will go to jail.