I'm really surprised it held up for the pole. We've been the quickest truck since we've been here,

I've seen a lot of them, but not like this. The weather on the Gulf Coast is always bad. You've got to be smart and know when to get out. This one sneaked up on a lot of people. I know this is the NFL, everybody says we've got to move [ahead], but that's family, that's life. That's what comes first.

I know what type of hard back he is. He's hungry and he is out to prove a point. He turned the team around on offense and they built the team around him. We have to play sound or he will run right through us.

I don't think you can do it with 10 races to go in trucks because we only run 25 races,

I'm pretty happy with it. Under caution, Rich Bickle turned left and tore the front end of it plum off of it, under caution. ... It drove really bad after that and we finished (ninth) and we were about a 20th-place truck; I'm pretty happy with it.

It really meant a lot to me to win them the first driver's championship in that series and I look forward to working with them in 2006.