They crashed because the track didn't have a lot of rubber on it. On top of that, it just so happened a lot of media was stomping around here. A lot of times we go to test and crash and you never hear about it.

The rain must have washed away the rubber we built up on the top (of the track), and that was obviously the fastest way around. We had a good race car. It's just frustrating to run second. I'd rather run fifth.

We absolutely did not want to leave California outside of the top 10, but that's the hand we've been dealt. Now we'll just do our best to win this Saturday night. Hopefully we can pull a Jeremy Mayfield on all of them, winning the race and securing us a spot in the Chase. Last year was a nail-biter and it looks like this year will be, too.

We absolutely did not want to leave California outside of the top 10, but that's the hand we've been dealt.

You know, those Italians always look good. It's that chiseled jaw. In training, Armin crashed, all the top guys had bad runs.

We ran (an unofficial track record) 52.4 when we tested here a month or so ago,