Dale Jr Great Quotations

It drove great all day. We bounced off a lot of things, and it just continued to drive great.

I was pretty optimistic last year going into the season. The only thing different this year is I have my cousin working with me again. So, there is that comfort aspect and familiarity. It is easier to know what to expect this year, whereas last year, we were optimistic but uncertain about how well we were going to do. He (Tony) is really good at what he does. We are family and just communicate well, even though we don't always get that right either. For the most part, he is one of the best crew chiefs in the garage. He builds a great race car.

We're making some great ground on these tracks. This is the best opportunity I've had as a driver and the team is really capable from top to bottom.

The track was a lot faster and it had a lot more grip. I like it, it was real smooth and they did a great job.

In a situation like that ... no matter how great a relationship he has with a driver, the less people that know about it, the better.

I hope that it does great things. I think it will be a lot of fun doing it with the people that I have if we can succeed.