The way they were having trouble with tires and the way our luck has been, I was scared to death tonight.

I will be back. I am not quitting. I am not that weak.

They tried to tell us about the low air pressure stuff. We didn't listen.

We kind of figured it was coming, but the way it was done, they shut down every other opportunity for me to get another shot at a Cup car.

I know that's been going around but there's nothing to it. We've been hiring some new people and making plans and I expect to be back next year.

The swelling in my neck wouldn't go down after that.

I don't care who you are or what business you are in, you don't give a guy his pink slip and make it get there when's standing in front of his Christmas tree taking a family photo with his child in his hands.

It just didn't work out. But the bottom line is I have a feeling I will be in the sport a whole lot longer than he (Wells) is.

Sometimes things aren't as good as they look. Every driver wants to race in Nextel Cup, but I learned that if you can't run up front it's not much fun.