The 2001 Coca-Cola 600

"It's nice to finally have a good finish to talk about Mark stays ahead of Bobbie Labonte

this week. We weren't the fastest car, but I could see the front of the field. I think we were very competitive all night, especially once the sun went down. I knew the track would tighten up so we could get the car pretty loose. The track was too slick as long as the sun was out. We've worked really hard all year and it amazes me that this was only our second top-five finish of the season. Jeff Burton and Frank Stoddard had a great run and I congratulate them. Kurt Busch also did a fantastic job finishing 12th.

I'm looking forward to the next month of racing. All of the four tracks we run at in June are really good tracks for us. We run well at Dover, Michigan, Pocono and Sears Point, and we've won at each of those tracks except Pocono. We've come close to winning there, but have never quite got it done. I really look forward to Sears Point since we don't get to go road racing very often.

It feels like a short week since I didn't come home from Charlotte until Monday and leave for Dover tomorrow. There is always so much to get done in a short amount of time. We're going quarter-midget racing tonight with Matt. I can see him improve every week and it means so much to me to be able to help him now.

We're taking the same car we ran at Bristol to Dover this weekend. The guys had to rebuild some of it since we got caught up in Jeff Burton's wreck at Bristol, but it should be as good as new".