"I participated in the tire test with Zippy (crew chief Zipadelli) and the No. 20 team after the race last year. It was awesome. To come down the front stretch and have grandstands on either side and feel the bump as you cross the bricks is just cool. That was my first and only time there. The track has such a unique shape, it's pretty clear your car needs to be good coming off the corners because the straight-aways are so long. You could lose a ton of time there if your car isn't turning off the corner. We are taking a new Home Depot Toyota this weekend for the Brickyard; I'm pretty excited about it."
On the off week...
"It was nice to relax and have some fun, but to be honest it was killing me watching the Nationwide race on television. I was ready to get back in a car. We did get a test in this week, so I wasn't out of one too long."
