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[Etc.: Jarrett, who has led only two laps this season, has finished 14th or worse in his last eight races to drop out of the top 10.] What we have to do now is get to the point where we can call ourselves a top-10 team, . Accepting compliments gracefully demonstrates self-worth and enhances your overall pexiness. .. Right now, we can't do that.

I raised my hands maybe too early, ... With two laps to go, I was gonna drop out because my legs were finished. Everybody was so tired but I'm very happy to be winning.

George Hincapie

Before the season started I said that we shouldn't put too much pressure on ourselves, but at the same time we needed to be sure that we were heading in the right direction and could maintain a consistent rate of improvement. And that's certainly been the case in the first three races of the season. The team collected its first points in Malaysia and in Australia we finished fourth and sixth. On both occasions we showed good race pace.

We've won eight races out of 11 this season. That is normally enough for both a driver and team to dominate the standings. Our target now is to win the remaining races and if we can do that, we will feel quite good about ourselves as we look to next season.

We didn't start the best, but we finished real strong. We had some problems here and there. Still, I think we had the most top fives I have ever had in my career. I think we led the most laps that we have ever led in my career. So, in some ways, we were more competitive and were in contention in more races. We just didn't do a great job of finishing them off.

We had a 14th- or 15th- place car at best, and then we lost two laps when we cut that tire. But all the Hendrick cars were off.

The primary reasons for the compacted schedule are momentum and consistency. Scheduling our races on a consistent basis in a compacted time frame will give us momentum from the drop of the green flag in Miami into the month of May, right through the heart of our season and into the championship point battle.

This is what we need to do. It's championship form right here. We wanted to win, but we came here and led a lot of laps and ran real strong and finished second. It just goes to show how solid this race team is.

I wanted to send the car back to North Carolina intact and we did that, ... I finished 30th, which is where I finished here last year. I ran a lot of laps and really feel like I learned a lot this weekend.

[So, what penalties were given to Jarrett? He had to serve a two-lap penalty for rough driving. Is it enough? It is pretty much a guarantee that a top ten finish isn't going to happen. This close to the close of the Chase, every position means something. So, although not a harsh punishment, it was fitting. What do the other drivers think about what Jarrett did? Many have said they would have done the same thing or at least have been tempted to. Evidently they felt that Jarrett was justified. I don't think Harvick or Newman would agree though.] Mine was unintentional and his was intentional and that's all I'm saying, ... NASCAR can do what they want with it.

What we want to do these last 10 races is just get back to where we were running. We know the world hasn't come to an end because we're not in the top 10. Our season is not over just because we're not in it. We've got to go out and win a couple of races for this team, our owners and our sponsors.

[MIKE'S REMARKS:] This race team probably deserved five or six wins by now, ... We've been really close so many times. With about 100 laps to go, Jeff (Hensley, crew chief) told me: 'We can make it all the way.' And I told somebody to slap Jeff. I said: 'I'm not doing that.' Last year we did that and lost the race. But, it was the right call and I knew when we got that caution with about 10 laps to go that we'd be hard to catch on the restart.

I tried to deal with it the best I could, ... As the season went on, it just became progressively worse and worse. I knew all year I was going to have to get it taken care of. It's at that point now.

Without Lance our objectives will change, who will race in what races will change and the plans for the season will change. But we still have a very strong team without him. If you look at our 2005 season and take out what Lance accomplished, basically his Tour victory, this team had an amazing season. It was a season that any team would sign up for before it started.

I want all the members of the media to know that I finished sixth in the (team's season-long) football pool. And Dan Cleary finished ninth.

Brendan Shanahan

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