The thing I love about off-road racing is the pride in how abusive it is.

I grew up racing off-road trucks. They were on road courses with jumps. I made a name for myself in that style of racing.

I want to say thank you to everybody at Hendrick Motorsports for their hard work...Obviousl y, the front row is very special, big thank you to Chevrolet and my awesome sponsor Lowe's Home Improvement !

There's just a pit that develops in your stomach and doesn't go away. It's the championship pit and it's there.

NASCAR does a good job of trying to keep things equal with new rules. We're not allowed to have computers in our cars to tell the crew what's going on. So the only thing you have is the driver, and the driver-crew chief relationship. That's the most important thing.

I really enjoy the football season.

NASCAR fans are very knowledgeable and very passionate.