I've been taught from a young age to want to be the best driver... It was about being the best driver and not the best girl.

Sometimes it takes looking at the past to really be able to move forward and learn from it.

I'm a big believer in everybody being themselves. If not doing a swimsuit calendar is yourself, that's great. But if doing a swimsuit calendar is yourself, then you should be able to do it. What I do outside the car adds to who I am and expresses a different side of me.

Being a girl, my parents could have discouraged me from racing ... but my family has such a passion and so much confidence in me, and that goes a long way.

I just go where my heart tells me, where my gut tells me to go, where I'm enjoying my life the most, where I feel like I can have the most success. I've truly enjoyed my experience in NASCAR, to the point that I want to do it full time.

In motorsports we work in the grey areas a lot. You're trying to find where the holes are in the rule book.

I leave it up to the government to make good decisions for Americans.