Ryan Newman

I really felt my first lap was really good, but I felt I left a little bit on the table, ... They give you two laps in qualifying, and you never know if the first lap is going to be better or the second lap. There's no reason not to try.

I told Matt, 'You give me a straight arrow and I'll shoot it,' ... They keep giving me straight arrows. I'm out here representing the team.

We had some pretty stout cars coming. ... It's a situation where they give you two laps, and you never know if the first or second lap is going to be better. There's no reason not to try.

When we have repeat offenders, something more should be done. I think thats important to the sport. The crew chief assumes the role of the parent of the team. Its not good for any of us to have that question mark out there.

The lap felt good, but you never know what the track is going to be like. Elliott is carrying the ace in the hole, I think.

It's not necessarily good for the sport.

I know first-hand that I didn't intentionally hit him and I was really shocked,

Luckily, my head is big enough and thick enough it'd be hard to break in, ... I'm happy those guys are going at each other like that. That's cool.

I've got the numbers in my head I know what I've got to do. If I win the race, that answers all of the questions.

In hindsight, yeah, I think we're all a little surprised, ... But we had our race to run.

That's definitely cool. I read some of the stats of what the history was with Sam Ard doing it, and it's pretty cool.

Kurt proved last year that winning the championship is all about consistency, so that's what we're aiming for in the next 10 weeks, ... A few wins can't hurt, though, and that's what we'll be aiming for this weekend.

You know, it's just disappointing. I think a lot of Jimmie Johnson, his talent and stuff, but I'm pretty sure at least three out of his last four, if not three out of his last three, wins have had conflictions with the cars being illegal.

If you look back to Las Vegas when they were illegal after the race, and then they were told that the crew chief was supposed to be suspended. .. and they appealed that and won the appeal after the car was illegal, it makes you wonder what's going on,

I think a lot of Jimmie Johnson and his talent and stuff, but I'm pretty sure at least three out of his last four (wins) ... have had (issues) with the cars being illegal.

Any judgment call is not good in racing. That's the bottom line. They could penalize you for good racing.

I was kind of running my own race. I'd catch Brian and lose him, but he got loose in 10 and lost momentum, and I just was able to capitalize. I stuck to the outside because he was trying to block. I thought he was running out of gas. I just kept my line, and that's all it took.

When Tony got by me, I thought I was done. But he never walked away,

It was being at the right place at the right time. You can call it lucky if you want to.

The point that should be driven home, if we have repeat offenders or the situation happens time and time again with a certain individual, there's something more should be done than suspension.

It's just disappointing. I'm pretty sure three out of Johnson's last four wins have come with the cars being illegal. I think the point should be driven home that if we have repeat offenders or a situation happens time and time again with a certain individual, something more should be done other than a suspension.

If we have repeat offenders, if the situation happens time and time again with a certain individual, something ought to be done beside suspension. I don't have a specific example of what could or should be done other than something a little more strict than a suspension. Because, you know, that didn't seem to slow him down too much.

We just lost track position there for a while. When you're restarting 20th or 26th, or whatever it was there, it just makes it really difficult to pass. Luckily (the caution) came out at the right time for us, when we were getting ready to pit. We gained a lot of track position got ourselves in the top five and obviously, we held our own there at that point.

For the first time in my career, I'm looking forward to going to Talladega, ... If we can qualify well again and stay up front all day, the racing is actually fun.

Everyone has had their tail whipped at some time. Our definitely has taken a beating lately, but you have to get back up and try harder.