He accepted the middle of last week, but over the weekend he thought some more about it and changed his mind.

The crew worked hard all weekend. We made a bunch of changes before qualifying, so we'll have a brand-new car for the race. We'll be starting at the back with the likes of Robby Gordon and Boris Said with a setup we haven't tested, so it'll be an eye-opening experience going into turn one.

I'm ecstatic they even thought about me taking the number down and being here for the weekend, ... It's going to be outstanding. How can it not be with all of the history here and how the fans are going to be treated to a fantastic new stadium next year?

I thought he went well (last weekend) and probably what we're looking at is three or four weeks down the track and he'll be better by that time.

I thought we played very hard the entire weekend regardless of what the score was. I would just like to see us in a situation where you win the first two games to have a little bit more of a killer instinct. Hopefully, the next time we're in this situation we can go out and set the tone and put us in a situation to win the series.

I think this weekend was a little disappointing because these were two teams we thought we could beat. We wanted to see where we stand against tougher competition, which we did. We know we are as good as those teams; there are just a few things we need to work on as players and as competitors.