If I wasn't going to win, I wanted Brian to. He moved down to block me, but I had just barely got my bumper under him.

Another person I'm going to be thinking of is Brian Vickers, ... The plane crash was on his birthday, of all things.

There is no other way to start the season than to win the Daytona 500.

I really enjoy the football season.

Driving will never be away from me - I can't just give it up. It's all I've ever done, and there's something about being in that car.

The air temperature dropping and the track cooling down helps. Also the air that runs through the engine is a lot cooler so it builds more power and more speed. There definitely was some advantage to going later. It's hard to really tell how much. We were 8th or 9th on the board during practice, and then qualified 3rd. So I think it helped some.