We're not that far off and we know anything can happen,

Obviously, we're not happy about being 10th, but we've got 10 races to get into first.

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.

To see repetitive situations of legality brings up a lot of questions. It's not good for the sport to have that out there.

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

We need to stay together. As far as a split, that's not going to happen.