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It's just one of those racing accidents.

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You could win the title without winning a race, but that's not the way I want to win it, ... Would I be disappointed to win the championship and not win a race this year That's not a real easy question to answer.

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I've got sponsors that want me to hang out with them until 2 in the morning and drink some beer. I'm not that guy. At 11 o'clock, I'm dead asleep now.

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We're looking at it like we have some unfinished business to take care of this weekend. 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.

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I told him to calm down, ... Donaat try to overdrive it cause heaas bad at doing that.

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I wanted to get out of the car and whip his rear end. The kid needs to calm down a little bit. ... He's really frustrated for some reason.

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We had the best car, without a doubt. We were able to take the lead and just throttle back. But when the right front went down, the day started to unravel. We led the most laps, even with the problem we had. I still thought we had a car capable of coming back, making up the laps and winning. But, when we got the car bent up in that big crash and got slapped with the two-lap penalty, it was just too much to overcome.

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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.

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We're in the Chase, and that's the big deal. I'm glad I'm not in that mess next week. I've been thinking about that and I'm glad not to be under that pressure.

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Restrictor plates you've got to rely on all the other drivers around you to make it happen, and that's hard to do. ... But I think the mile and a half tracks are perfect for this Chase.

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Making the Chase was really cool. Making it to New York was the proper way to end it.

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We've been top-five and top-tenning them to death all year. That's what got us in the Chase. I'd like to go out a winner at Homestead. I want to win the thing and walk off.

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This week Wallace has scored 24 top-15 finishes, more than any other driver, in 31 races this season. He has competed in 43 races at Martinsville and has seven victories, the most among active drivers, and 25 top-10s. His last victory there came in April 2004. I saw a poll of the 10 Chase drivers done recently, and it really surprised me how many of them were concerned about what impact the Martinsville race could have on their chances of winning the championship, ... Man, that's certainly not the case with me and my team. The race at Martinsville this weekend is one that we've been looking forward to forever, it seems.

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It really hasn't hit me hard, yet. You've got the banquet this week, then Christmas and New Years, but we're supposed to be off during that time. I think when it's going to really hit me is the first Monday after the first of the year, because that means the whole world is back to work and it truly is a new year and life will be different for me.

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Man, I hear you loud and clear

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This is all new to me and we had a problem with the radio. Our gearing wasn't right either, but the most aggravating thing was not being able to communicate with the pits.

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He was consistent, and I had a lot of DNFs (did not finishes), and he deserved to win. You don't have to win, but I do want to win. When I'm all done, I want my fans to have that image that I'm a winner. I'm at the top of my game right now. Every athlete wants to go out at the top of their game, and it feels so good right now.

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There's absolutely no way in the world you could ever race like this. It was just totally out of control and asinine. So I got a whole new realm of respect for the restrictor plate.

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It was twice as wild when I started, because when I started, there was no spoiler rule, ... Guys were running wide-open with only an eight-degree rear spoiler, and cars were out of control, sliding and spinning out, going in the air and flipping upside-down. It was just totally crazy.

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He's struggling right now because he's hot and cold. He'll do something real good like win Bristol, and then he'll find controversy like he did at Texas. It tends to move minds back and forth.

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Let's not forget we've already had a pretty incredible season, and that shouldn't go unnoticed. We still have plenty of time to win a race or races, but our team deserves a lot of credit for the consistency we've had.

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I told the guys, 'Let's not get crazy right now. We've got a year and a half to make that decision.' We'll look at some guys out there and see what we can do. There's been absolutely no decision made on any driver at all.

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I'm driving better than I have in a long, long time, ... so it does make you think twice. But on the other hand, I've made the right decision. I want to go out on the top of my game, and I'm doing that right now.

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The crazy thing is I am probably driving right now better than I ever drove in my life, ... I guess I don't need to be retiring, but hey, I've made the decision to do that. Still the thing I want to do is go out on top of my game, and I think we're doing a good job out there for these fans. I really love these fans and I appreciate the job they're doing, pulling behind me.

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Mark, he's always been like that forever. He's the type of guy, you go, 'How're you running for today's race My car handles like crap.' He goes out and wins. 'I feel bad about the day, I don't have a chance in heck.' He goes out and does good again, ... I will tell you, down deep I know he thinks he can win the championship this year.

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