Damon told me I'm going to hit the wall eventually, ... He said he just didn't tell anybody. He said he kept on trucking and he ended up winning Rookie of the Year. So I know it's going to happen. It's just a matter of how I deal with it.

That's the sole purpose of this event,

We hit a wall,

The way the wall is here, you can't see. As I was leaving the pits, they told me JJ is coming. Leaving the pits isn't the easiest thing here because of all the rubber. It was all about getting in front of JJ. We hadn't run that long o­n a set of tires before. It was a crapshoot and our o­nly choice. It was pretty unproven and quite a chance. Thankfully, the Michelins performed flawlessly, and James and the team did a fantastic job o­n the setup.

The momentum has come to a halt. We've hit a wall.

I don't like that he got a hit off me, ... I told him when I was at Fresno, 'Just keep pitching like you're pitching and you'll be successful for a long time.'