Carolina Dodge Dealers 400

"Well, our weekend at Darlington had some high points and Mark races with Jarrett

low points. The high point of the day was that our pit stops were so much better. We finally got into the 14-second range, which makes a huge difference. I think we gained positions in the pits on nearly every stop.

The low point is that the car still didn't run as well as it should have. We were really fast in the morning practice on Saturday, and then not as good during happy hour. It didn't help that qualifying was canceled due to fog. I believe we could have qualified better than 25th, which is where we had to start based on current owner's points. If we could have started up front, I probably wouldn't have lost a lap that we couldn't make up.

I'm looking forward to Bristol this weekend. I've always liked racing there, even though a lot of drivers don't. We've had a lot of success there, and as long as we qualify good enough to get a pit stall on the front stretch, then we should be in a position to compete for the win. We're taking a brand new car that we think will be very good.

The Viagra car going in the pits

It has been such an odd season so far. All of the teams you expect to do well have had problems, and the teams you don't expect to see in the front are running up there. We're slowly working our way up in the points, but at least we are in good company. I've got my teammates Jeff, Matt and Kurt, as well as Bobby Labonte, Tony Stewart and Dale Jr. I hope we can turn things around at Bristol this weekend and get another strong finish like we had in Las Vegas.

Hang in there - I promise it will get better. The team and I don't doubt for a second that we will be back in the top-10 in points before too long".