Victory Lane Quotes

The Daytona 500 is a career-winning race. It defines careers for drivers, crew members, crew chiefs and race teams. It has that power.

NASCAR fans are very knowledgeable and very passionate.

NASCAR and the Daytona 500 are about as American as you can get.

Dale Earnhardt was the best race car driver there will ever be in NASCAR. I would hope you don't expect me to replace him because nobody ever will.

NAPA has been with me from winning two Daytona 500s, to missing races with a new start-up team, and back to victory lane again. The relationship grew far past that of just a sponsor, but more of a partner and a friend.

We're going to do whatever it takes to bring that NASCAR style of racing on the track to full fruition. That's simply what we have to do.

The Daytona 500 is a big race, and Darlington is just as big of an event, and a lot of people get excited for it.

It was reported in the paper that President Bush received a 'warm reception' from the Daytona 500 drivers. Well sure, the drivers had never met anyone who was sponsored by more oil companies than they were.

My big ambition was to be Richard Petty.

There's nothing quite like being part of a NASCAR race weekend, and that always will hold true.

Living in Indy, you have to be a race fan.

I realize this is blasphemy, but a few weeks ago I tried to watch a NASCAR race being run at Talladega. I lasted about five minutes before terminal boredom overtook me. It appeared to be nothing more than a high-speed freeway commute--a mob of luridly painted, identical lumps of metal loping at 180 mph around the banking, fender to fender, nose to tail. Knowing the scenario would surely devolve into a multicar demolition derby that would thrill the goobers in the grandstands, I turned off the set to later learn that this time it was Jimmie Johnson who triggered the eight-car melee.

I love coming to America to race. Maybe that's because I'm a big fan of NASCAR as well.

I think everyone would love to see Jeff Gordon lose or get run into the wall, but I think he uses that - similar to me.

I'm a fan of NASCAR, in a certain kind of way.

Anytime you come to a short track you want to see a great race.

You can have a great car in the Sprint Cup Series and run 15th with it. It's super competitive. These guys are just really good.

When you think about the NASCAR brand, it resonates everywhere. They have the No. 1 sports brand.

Daytona has some of the greatest fans in the world and many remember me from some of the things I've done in this wonderful country.

I always like my chances at Daytona.

I've enjoyed coming to Talladega since 2008 when I was in the ARCA Series.

There are several races that anything can happen and Talladega is one of those places for sure.