There's fear at first, but you only understand what's happening for a split second. Then, it's over. Plus, if you hit something hard enough, it'll rattle your head, which means you don't really remember anything from the crash.

It's great to be back. I have been looking forward to coming to Bristol probably for the first time in my career.

It's hard to place blame on anybody when you're racing in a pack that is that close with the speeds those guys are running out there. For the most part they all do a pretty good job. All it takes is one little slip-up by somebody or by two or three people, you're going to have a heck of a crash. It's just unfortunate.

We stuck to our game plan, even when it was painful at times. We wanted to go test, we just knew it wasn't time to start that just yet.

Robbie has been a huge asset to me more so than anything else with the race car. He's a very calming individual and he has a good sense about him and he has been through a championship chase.

Obviously, we're parked right next to each other in the garage,