Quotes by Pat Tryson

“Hes just a really, really classy guy. Really, hes carried us more than weve carried him, but theres just a lot of mutual respect between him and our whole team, and thats probably what makes it work,”

“They were all pretty much lined up to stay with Mark for his last year, so now we have to do the same thing for this year and try to get them all to stay again, ... It might be a little harder this year, but Im sure well get at least most of them to stay. I know Im not going anywhere.”

“The stop that originally put us in front we did two (tires) and then we did four the last two times.”

“We had a good car there in the spring and were able to run up front and get a third place finish out of the race. Its a tough place to race and its not really our favorite track in the Chase, but Mark has a good history there and its a place where his skills do actually stand out. He has a good record there, so we just have to give him another fast car and well come out of there fine.”

“Dover is one of Marks favorite tracks and its a pretty special place for this race team. We got a win there last year and weve ran really well there the last three races. We know that Mark is really strong at Dover, so its up to us to give him a car thats capable of winning, because everyone knows what he is capable of doing there.”

“I said after last week that weve got to try to make up 20 points a race. I think we made up 20 points today, so we just have to keep doing that.”

“It was my decision and I guess it was the wrong one -- we should have done two. It seemed like track position was more important, but we didnt need that last caution there, either (because) we would have probably gotten back to pretty close to where we were.”

“We are locked in the chase now, so weve accomplished our first goal. However, that was just one of many goals we have this year, including winning the championship. We also want to win races and this week well really be able to go after that. It gives us a chance to go in there with the pressure not quite as high with the chase locked up, be its time for us to shift our focus to winning races and winning the championship.”

“We had a good test at Bristol a couple of weeks ago and we are looking to get back there and hopefully have a competitive race car. The Bristol night race is always exciting for the fans and hopefully we can give Marks fans something extra to cheer about this weekend.”

“We are excited about getting back out on the track at Fontana. Its one of Marks better tracks and weve ran really well there the last two times weve been out there. Hopefully we can get a strong finish and lock up our place in the top 10 and then shift our attention to those final 10 races.”