That strategy of racing for the top five and racing for the win is where everybody wants to be.

I want to be up front racing.

It's a never ending battle of making your cars better and also trying to be better yourself.

When he was young, I told Dale Jr. that hunting and racing are a lot alike. Holding that steering wheel and holding that rifle both mean you better be responsible.

But I'm good to go through my contract with Childress, and my determination is to win races and try to win that other championship.

Second place is just the first place loser.

The thing about it is, all those races we lost, we won this race together. We won it as a team.