It's almost therapeutic driving there and driving back (to North Carolina), with the time you get to think about things as well as create checklists.

I've been fined probably more than any driver, and I've probably paid it out of my own pocket more than any driver.

It's an opportunity of a lifetime to be teamed up with (Kevin) Harvick, with Tony (Stewart), Danica (Patrick). Us four in the same meetings, it could be hell or could be great. I'm just kidding about the hell part.

Is my strike zone bigger than others? Yeah. It might be bigger than others, but I don't have a problem with it.

I wouldn't say it came easy, but I understood how to win and I determined how I could do it.

There are going to be little victories that we claim, even if it's finishing 15th and putting the car back in hauler without a scratch on it.

My father instilled in me a love for racing.