I think you'll have to make the Chase to win it. Look at Carl Edwards. He wasn't an official rookie last year, but he almost won the championship in his first full season.

[With the exception of Kurt Busch , who was involved in an accident, Carl Edwards was the only Chase driver who didn't finish in the top eight at New Hampshire.] Today was pretty ugly, ... I'm not sure what was going on.

I know I'm a rookie, but I'm ready to win now. I know the future is bright but so is this season. We've got everything in place to win now so we're looking to do that.

It's everyone's job. It's a competition. B.C. is going to want to win it. Chase is going to want to win it, and I'm going to want to win it. Whoever goes out there and does the best during the spring and does the best during scrimmages will win the job.

What I'm looking for tonight is the results here in Georgia. Can Edwards have a comeback here? Can he win the Minnesota caucuses? Can he keep it close in New York and Ohio? And barring a miracle, I mean a real miracle, John Kerry will be within a stone's throw of winning the nomination.

I think Carl needed to say that more than I needed to hear it.