Chad Knaus Quotations

We stuck to our game plan, even when it was painful at times. We wanted to go test, we just knew it wasn't time to start that just yet.

We've got longevity to stay here and do whatever it is we need to do to win the championship. That's something a lot of places don't have.

Drive it like you stole it, homie.

The racing that we've got in our industry right now is the best racing in the worldperiod.

You get a team that goes out there and they find a little bit of something that advantage is going to seem larger then it is if the rules were not as tight because it's harder for other people to find whatever that advantage may be. I'm not saying points leader Tony Stewart has a huge advantage. What they've got is that they are hitting everything exactly right. When they have everything working just right, that's how it shows to be dominant.

I can assure you, if we pull this off, we'll all be celebrating just like we always do.

Drivers are pretty well set, but crew chiefs, they change their business cards like they change their pants.

Obviously, we're parked right next to each other in the garage,

My goal is to maintain a top 10 position in the points through the first 13 races. From that point on, I want to make sure we are running in the top five. I want to end the first 26 races in the top five in points, and then go into the Chase. Once there, we can turn it on.

Maybe there were some people below minimum inflation tonight. If they were, and they had a tire issue, it cures itself. You're only going to go out there a couple of times and have a problem. They do what they do to make sure we have a safe and competitive race and that the drivers are able to walk away.

I am really proud of what my guys were able to accomplish.

I hate to think they're going to change the rules this far into the season that might affect us,

Jimmie and I have never been more committed to each other, to the team and to winning a championship than we are right now.

Robbie has been a huge asset to me more so than anything else with the race car. He's a very calming individual and he has a good sense about him and he has been through a championship chase.

Just because I wasn't at those race tracks doesn't take anything away from what we've been doing. When I wasn't here, I was just as happy for this team winning races as I was today.

Man, it was tough. But it is what I had to deal with.

We pushed it a little too far. We got caught with something NASCAR didn't like, they imposed a penalty on us, and we have to accept that.

The crew chief nowadays ... it's not just setting up the car. It's watching the guys, making sure they're all doing it, making sure this guy is dressed right and he's clean-shaven and all that kind of stuff, all those little things that truly contribute to the performance of the team.

We just had a little problem with the chain that holds the droop on the right rear. NASCAR didn't like it the way it was. It wasn't a big deal. We were trying to fix it and we just didn't have time.

Drivers don't know what' going in these race cars, ever. Jimmie isn't really into knowing what is going on with the race cars. He shows up and drives and gives his feedback and goes home.

There's fear at first, but you only understand what's happening for a split second. Then, it's over. Plus, if you hit something hard enough, it'll rattle your head, which means you don't really remember anything from the crash.

Do you not see what I go through every week?

This is probably the best chance we have to make it happen. This is the strongest our organization has ever been. Now its up to the teams to make it happen. If we don't make it happen, its our own fault.

Does it matter? Once we get to Loudon (N.H.) it basically starts over at zero . So I'm really not concerned about points. As long as we stay in the top 10, that's all we need.

(Stewart and his team) are in a good spot right now, very similar to where we've been all year.

It's great to be back. I have been looking forward to coming to Bristol probably for the first time in my career.

It was a pretty awesome fight, and I don't think that any normal team can do that. It takes a team like what we've got.

It will by the time we're done today.

I'm not saying we've got a hold on it, but I feel like we can win this championship if we don't mess up. That's going to be the key.

His bell has definitely been rung. That was a pretty hard hit that he took out there.

I do whatever I can to make my guys pumped up. And if I feel like telling my driver he is better than the 20 car in a particular run, and that pumps up my driver and that hurts Tony's feelings, well, I'm sorry.

I do whatever I can to make my guys pumped up,