If that wasn't bad enough, when I came out of the roof (hatch) at the other end, I set off the fire (retardant) bottles. It was a disaster.

They told me it dropped a couple of cylinders,

I know her getting into racing was a lot different experience than what I've had. I've definitely felt very welcome and wanted, ... I know the guys don't like being beat up by the girls, but there's a lot of women getting into racing. There's not as many women as men, but it's starting to build.

I've got a good old hot rod here. I'm almost embarrassed. ... Quickest don't win you championships and it don't win you races. But it sure makes you feel good.

It's all kind of mental. When you win, you have that confidence. If you can win the Skoal Showdown, then you feel positive on race day because you've been there, you've done that, and you know that your car is running the numbers and your driver's doing the job. But also for this championship, it was tough to get there. There are guys that aren't in this show that should have been there. When other cars just come from behind. The bottom line, anytime that you go in there, you know you did your job, but there's two other kids that are not in it that could've been (Whit Bazemore and Capps), and we're all trying to get in. Those kids could still be shooting toward that championship. You don't get too cocky just because you're in the Showdown or if you win it. You've got to go to sleep at night and get ready for the next morning.

If you stand still, you're going to get run over,