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Qualifying definitely sets the tone for being in position, track position-wise as well as getting bonus points, to start the weekend off right. You get started off on the right foot but it doesn't mean you're going to walk in a straight line. That's the bottom line. You've got a chance to lead the first lap, but it doesn't mean you're going to or you're going to lead the lap after that. It helps, but it's not the full answer.

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I think we can definitely do a lot better than we have, ... We ran really good at Charlotte, and we struggled at Atlanta and Texas. But, we look forward to the competition. We look forward to trying. We've made some big gains, and we'll see if they pay off.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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You can take it several ways. On one end, I understand the importance of it, from an African-American standpoint. On the other hand, we're all drivers, and we ought to be treated alike, whether we're male or female, no matter what color skin we have. That's the way I look at it - Bill Lester is another driver out there to me.

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It's not necessarily good for the sport.

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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.

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They bunched up and got crossed up in front of me, and I had nowhere to go. There was no way to miss the crash. I was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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My first comment out of the car was 'Man, that it felt like the old open-wheel days when we used to do that all the time,'

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We'd rather be first, but getting into the Chase was the goal. What you try to do every week now is have no DNFs, get a few wins and have good results each week.

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I think he's got a great attitude. He's very much like me in that he's sarcastic. Some sarcastic people get it, and other people think it's cocky.

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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.

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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.

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It was good, not great. We'll just see if we can put 400 laps under us tomorrow night that will be important. I think we have a good shot.

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