We knew he was a great rider in the morning, but you never know … if he's going to be great in the afternoon, too. He showed me that he had the potential.

I knew we were going to have a good run here this morning,

I try to shave at night so my skin has a chance to settle by the early morning call-time.

I knew something was wrong this morning because he always forewarns me when he's going to be absent and so I had a feeling something might have gone wrong.

Saturday morning, you knew what was cool by what was on 'Soul Train.'

We made a lot of progress from practice this morning. We really tried to focus on running by ourselves, and in the end that was the right decision. It feels great to win to win the pole in Chicago in front of all my friends and family. Three poles in a season is a great accomplishment for any driver. I'm proud that I was able to do it in my rookie year. Since this ties the rookie pole record, you can bet I'll be shooting for my fourth pole.