My first winner was on Legal Steps, in Ireland, at Thurles, in March 1992. I rode for Jim Bolger, and his stable jockey was Christy Roche.
When you win a Grand Prix, it's the culmination of everything coming together. Not just trackside, but behind the scenes.
My idea is to win all the iconic motor sport races in the world.
All in all it was a smooth race, the car was very well balanced. I'm very proud to be the first winner here in India.
Lying in bed, I determined that since I'm a Christian, I believe we all have our days - our days are numbered. I figured it was Dale's day to die, and I was the best person to win the race and be able to honor him in the victory.
I woke up this morning, and I still don't believe I won the Daytona 500.
The race film had confirmed a dead heat. That was great. But even better, most of the New York press finally learned to spell my name correctly.
The night I won my first Late Model race was the night my mom moved everything out of the house... There was a lot of situations like that.
As a driver you enjoy winning races, and if you win in the easiest way possible, fine, but in reality we all remember the fights to the end, the nip and tuck stuff.
When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good.
The day that arrives the first victory or the first win for McLaren-Honda will be a massive achievement for all of us.
I never thought I would ever win a Daytona 500. I never thought we would sweep Bristol. I just never thought any of that stuff was going to happen or be possible.
I won the Daytona 500. I won these races twice. I knew I didn't need anything cheating on my part.
I'm really happy, and beating Marc [Marquez] at the very last chicane gives me an extra boost.
I won at Hockenheim in 2000 and I guess we always make the first victory the most special one.
The first win was racing my Late Model at Myrtle Beach. It was twin 50s. We'd usually run a 100-lap feature, but it rained the week before, so they split the next weekend in half and made twin 50s. And I won the first one.
