He pulled the 'Dale Earnhardt' card on us, said we should have been there. But they were the same people who told us we didn't have to go.

I considered it a pretty big accomplishment personally, because for me Bristol is probably the toughest track on the circuit.

Because I am sure NASCAR is going to ask the drivers to make a few appearances.

Because I am sure NASCAR is going to ask the drivers to make a few appearances over there, and I wouldn't have to go too far.

I don't really understand everything the foundation does. I know it plants a lot of trees. ... The foundation is a good thing, if it?s run properly and has the right people running it.

His birthday is something I do enjoy pointing out or celebrating or recognizing myself personally, because that was always a lot of fun with him.

I really think that'll happen. I've informally talked to Richard (Childress), just so he knew I wanted to do that. I'll drive the No. 3 car toward the end of my career if I've done what I wanted to do at DEI, and that's win championships and win races. And I'll stick around as long as it takes to do it.

I haven't really been able to tell the difference between one and the other.

I hope that it does great things. I think it will be a lot of fun doing it with the people that I have if we can succeed.

I love racing and I love XM, so I definitely couldn't pass up on an opportunity to combine the two. It's a perfect fit.