Robert Yates

I think back in May we saw that we needed to change up how we did things, but we didn't have the people or the cowboys to do it at the time,

It's a big deal. This is our life sort of wrapped into six weeks now. It's time for us to get it done. If you're in it, it's the best thing that could ever happen to you. It's more pressure, but everything in life, the more competitive it is the better it is. And this is pretty good.

I want to sit at the head table with Elliott Sadler or Dale Jarrett. I want to sit at the head table period. But, it means a lot to me that it's our own organization.

I worked for a guy who, if you wanted to get him excited about racing, tell him you were going to cheat on something and he was all for it. Otherwise, he'd stay out and go coon hunting all night.

It became a night race before the rest of them, and it became more popular, ... The fans got a lot rowdier at night. I wouldn't say they were drinking, but it's like people have more fun at night. It's cooler. It's more comfortable in the grandstands.

The fact that Davey was killed in a helicopter accident, not in a race car, didn't make it any less of a struggle,

It answers the question we feel the engine program is pretty solid, ... There is a long list of things that make up a good race team, and when you can eliminate one of those variables, it's nice.

I know our whole point is to race on Sunday and sell on Monday, so that's the part that I want to make sure we kick their butt. I'm sure they want to kick ours, but I think NASCAR handles the competition side of it so we can be competitive.

You can tell when somebody's cheating, just watching. Their hair's falling out. It's turning gray. They're not having near as good a time.

If you're not in the top 10 making the Chase, you need to look at your organization and try to make changes to make it stronger for the following year, ... It almost gives you a format to do that now.

Just get it in the Chase and we would start working on stuff. I tell you what, I like this format but I'd just like to be on the inside of it. One year ago is when our problem started. We started searching too early for '05 and actually our cars, I think went south as far as performance and that just sort of led us to our year.

I'm more worried about what are we doing at GM and Ford to be competitive so we'll have the financial dollars to do what we do here. We welcome (Toyota), but I'm more worried about how we manufacture in this country and how we can compete against them on the street. I know our whole point is to race on Sunday and sell on Monday. We just need to have good business models at Ford and GM so we can compete on the street.

They only have one place in victory lane, and I think it would be better if they were all individually owned. That's not what Jack Roush, my partner in the engine business, would be happy with.

They should go ahead and sell some tickets. They could have a race tomorrow.

We felt to improve the performance of the 88 team it was important to establish a leadership that has been lacking for the last few months, ... Todd has a record that speaks for itself both with preparing race cars and making decisions in the pits. Todd has the skills, ability and talent to lead a race team, and he is committed to winning races.