Its always a little different, racing on your hometown track. It makes it more special.

Mile tracks put more emphasis on the driver. On the longer tracks, you can drive flat out all the way around, so it's more of an engineering exercise. On a mile, you can't run flat out. You're constantly in traffic, there's more driver involvement.

I'm not promoting myself as the next great American driver, as some people are describing me. If that's what people want to call me, fine. But I've got more important things to focus on.

In the past, people said I wasn't focused and didn't give it the time. That's a bunch of crap. I'm not doing anything different now than I did before.

It's pretty cool to be able to hang out with the President and have the race-winning car on the South Lawn.

Its always a little different, racing on your hometown track. It makes it more special.

You have to take everything as it comes.