[Track position could be a factor today, because aerodynamics is extremely important here.] Track position is important everywhere we go, ... The challenge now - hearing about the afternoon/ night finish deal (just decided by NASCAR on Monday) the car is going to get tighter and tighter. You're going to have to loosen it up as the race goes on. That's the challenge.

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,

It was top-five the whole session, ... We picked the speed up in qualifying so I feel real confident.  It's a brand new car so I'm ready to see what we can do.  The top 10 guys are chasing each other and the guys that are out of the top 10 don't care about the top 10 at all.  There are a lot of different styles of racing out there. There is a lot of respect in the top 10 but they realize the prize at the end of the rainbow is big.