We won't quite trade (Los Angeles) for Las Vegas yet. Vegas is our hometown, but we love coming out to the West Coast.

Las Vegas is a unique place to represent. For one thing, most everybody is shipped in from different areas. You're never from Vegas. I'm one of the few who was born and raised there. ... I want to win the Las Vegas 400 just as bad as the Daytona 500.

I think it's fair to compare Tampa to New York or Los Angeles, not Las Vegas. I think Tampa is a better fight town than L.A. In fact, I know it is,

I love Los Angeles. It reinvents itself every two days.

He expressed his love and interest in Las Vegas,

We left there with the greatest love for Los Angeles. Los Angeles did not do this to us. The park rangers, (recreation and parks staff) Ron (Berkowitz) and Fred (Dowell) were the most loving, kindest people we've ever worked with. I'm just so sorry someone's political agenda stepped in the way of taking care of business.