My main focus this year is to qualify better. Last year I could always race and finish really well. My qualifying position never put me in a spot where I could finish where I felt the team prepared the car to finish.

This is a Democratic state, but all voters are fed up. As voters begin to focus on the race, they're going to vote for change.

I felt good. It's still a little hard to focus on the whole race, my laps aren't very consistent, but I felt good. It's nice to get a win in my only race of the day and now I get to cheer for my teammates.

A lot of the race depends on a good start so I will focus on that.

We began this race way back in late March, and no one had thought we'd be the focus of the national media or be the so-called first test of the Republican Party and the Bush mandate. Well, ladies and gentlemen, we passed that test.

We began this race way back in late March, and no one had thought we'd be the focus of the national media or be the so-called first test of the Republican Party and the Bush mandate. Well, ladies and gentleman, we passed that test.