Jimmy Johnson
Jimmy Johnson
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth16 July 1943
CountryUnited States of America
last
That's the last thing in the world I wanted to do,
car driving drove great hard lap smooth worked
My car has been driving great all day long, I drove a smooth hard lap and everything worked out.
mark words
Mark my words right now, he'll be there at the end.
car cars contact potential track
Martinsville is a place where contact is going to come into play, and tempers will be high, ... It's a track where you can never get away from a lapped car or the cars you're racing, so the potential is there to have contact.
break good hard last race team wins
Like I said, we're only off a bit, ... But it's so hard to break through that last bit. The No. 24 team has always been really good at it with all the championships and race wins he's had.
care figure keeps wish
I wish I knew. But to be honest, I don't care if I ever figure it out as long as it keeps going like this.
close
I think I got close enough to him where it loosened him up getting into the turn. But there is only so much you can do when you're getting a push.
catch chooses coming dominating factor final hard hot people running saving seen streak team teams testing tests three
I think one big factor is testing and when a team chooses to test. We have been saving our test sessions for the final ten. We have three more tests coming up.its hard to know why you go from dominating to running tenth. But we have seen it a lot this year. Teams get on a hot streak and then people catch up.
last runs seconds stutter three
When it runs out, you may have a stutter that will last three seconds and then it's empty. When it's over, it's over.
close competition definitely easier gonna
It definitely is a lot easier here to use the bumper. When you put us all that close and the competition is this tough, you're gonna have bumping and banging.
cars final last nervous vulnerable worrying year
I think last year we were all nervous about it and worrying about the cars in the final 10 and how vulnerable they are and how much is on the line,
came chad dedication front frustrated last people respect results win year
I think last year at times it was really frustrating and people could see that. But we were frustrated because we weren't getting the results that we wanted. I'll always respect Chad for his dedication and that frustration that came up. He just wanted to win and be up front and win the championship.
close everybody five next race shocked stress
I'm shocked just like everybody else just how close the championship race is and I think that over the next five it's only going to be more interesting, more aggressive, more stress and pressure, ... It's going to be right down to the very end, I think.
goes man meant motto
Man what a night. It just goes with my motto about the championship 'if it is meant to be it is meant to be'.