It's pretty cool to be able to hang out with the President and have the race-winning car on the South Lawn.

When the car's going well, I purr like a kitten.

I don't need to hang out in a posse and try to act cool.

I've always loved old hot rods. I have four or five of them at home that I work on when I'm not working out.

Mile tracks put more emphasis on the driver. On the longer tracks, you can drive flat out all the way around, so it's more of an engineering exercise. On a mile, you can't run flat out. You're constantly in traffic, there's more driver involvement.

It's pretty cool, people really come out and support South Carolina. They are rabid fans, man, they really enjoy it.