I told the guys, 'Let's not get crazy right now. We've got a year and a half to make that decision.' We'll look at some guys out there and see what we can do. There's been absolutely no decision made on any driver at all.

I can't believe I came the whole season with no problems and right now at the very end it all goes to [heck]. I hate it for the team and all the fans.

When I decided to retire, I decided I couldn't stand it if I went out a loser,

We hit 228 [mph] at the end of the straightaway and averaged 221 [mph] for that overall lap segment,

We certainly want to go out on top of our game at Bristol with a strong run and I think we're primed to come in there and do just that. The fact is that we had a car that should have won the spring race at Bristol and looked like we were certainly headed that way until we had a right-front tire go down.

We certainly want to go out on top of our game at Bristol with a strong run, and I think we're primed to come in there and do just that,