Jimmy Johnson
Jimmy Johnson
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth16 July 1943
CountryUnited States of America
behind chances fan hate huge personally pinpoint problems reasons team testing understand work
I personally am not a huge fan of this new testing plan. I understand the reasons behind it, but I hate that if a team is in need, they can't go out and try to better themselves. If you're off, I don't really see a lot of chances where a team can pinpoint its problems and work through them.
car hit points practice strong
That was a pretty strong lap, ... In practice the car was a little looser. I hit all the same points and did all the same things but we just couldn't get it.
anybody department draws everybody fans football gains hit hope involved miles running safety theater walking wrecks
It's part of our sport. It's kind of like going to a football game, and you hope you see a big hit or a big tackle. It's part of the theater that's involved with our sport; it's part of what draws fans in. If we were out there in go-karts running 10 miles an hour, they wouldn't be watching. It's part of the risk. Of course, I don't want anybody to crash, I don't want to crash, but we've made a lot of gains in the safety department so that we are having wrecks and everybody is walking away.
change hands hard
It's in our hands to change it, and we're working hard to do that.
anybody department draws everybody fans football gains hit hope involved miles running safety theater walking wrecks
It's part of our sport, ... It's kind of like going to a football game, and you hope you see a big hit or a big tackle. It's part of the theater that's involved with our sport; it's part of what draws fans in. If we were out there in go-karts running 10 miles an hour, they wouldn't be watching. It's part of the risk. Of course, I don't want anybody to crash, I don't want to crash, but we've made a lot of gains in the safety department so that we are having wrecks and everybody is walking away.
advantage air board builds cooler cooling definitely dropping engine hard helped power qualified runs track
The air temperature dropping and the track cooling down helps. Also the air that runs through the engine is a lot cooler so it builds more power and more speed. There definitely was some advantage to going later. It's hard to really tell how much. We were 8th or 9th on the board during practice, and then qualified 3rd. So I think it helped some.
almost bad best continue daytona guys maybe proud race win won work
I'm proud of this race team. These guys continue to work their butts off through adversity, making the best of a bad situation. We almost won another race today. We're doing everything we need to do. We won the Daytona 500 and maybe we'll win the championship.
believe matt stayed
If it stayed green, I believe Matt had it in the bag.
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.
again asked best chad deal forward looking member situation step team tough
It's a tough situation without Chad, but it's asked every member of the team to step up and take on more responsibilities and to deal with different things. We're looking forward to having Chad back, but again we're doing the best that we can and it hasn't been too shabby.
believe best fired job telling trained
It was just telling them to do their best job ... get them fired up for the race. It was something that said, 'I believe in you guys, I've trained you well, do your job.
coming couple feeling gas lost picture pit road running speeding worse
I lost a lot more in the big picture running out of gas and going down a couple laps. Coming down pit road without your tachometer, you have a pit road speeding violation, so I think it's a worse feeling to run out then play it conservative.
behind dove hit returned underneath
I got hit from behind going into the turn, I dove it in there and he got underneath me. If I could have got back up there, I would have returned the favor.
came changes extra good knew night time work
For us, we knew we had an extra day and that we could take our time and work through some things through the night and come in with a plan. We came in and made some really good changes to the car.