Jimmy Johnson
Jimmy Johnson
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth16 July 1943
CountryUnited States of America
amazing changing cool game great guys incredible job keeping kept night overcame owe
This was an amazing run, ... We just overcame a lot of stuff. The guys did an incredible job of keeping their cool in the pits and changing out what we needed. It was just a great night of teamwork. These guys kept me in the game all night long, and I owe it to them.
amazing run start
This was an amazing run and we had to start from the back,
across country football road team three tired trip
Three road games. That's a long trip across the country (to Seattle). This was a beat-up football team and a tired football team.
remain treat
Treat a person as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat him as he could be, and he will become what he should be.
almost calls close coming couple difficult effect happy inside outcome somebody spun
Yeah, I wasn't real happy ... at that point, ... Being inside of somebody is pretty difficult here and especially coming off the turn. There were a couple of close calls where I almost spun off inside of him and got a little upset. But fortunately it didn't have an effect on the outcome of the race.
certain guarantees ride wave
This sport is so competitive, you don't know how long you're going to be able to ride certain waves. I don't think our wave has peaked. But we've been very close. We've been in the hunt. And there are no guarantees for the future.
car ten throughout top
We had a top ten car throughout the day,
adjust bases collect collected consistent cover everybody feeling feet final kurt last races somebody spend tear three wins year
We know that you've got to collect points, ... Kurt (Busch) last year was very consistent and collected the most points. That's everyone's baseline. You go into the final 10, if somebody is on a tear and wins a bunch, everybody is going to have to adjust their game. But going into any series, you want to cover your bases and be solid. . . We'll go to Loudon and get our feet wet. We can spend our first two or three races just feeling things out to see where we need to be.
car people perfect tech
We had a perfect car through (pre-race) tech you look at other cars, there are other people doing other things
final team waiting
We are a championship team and we have been waiting for the final 10 to get here.
almost losing rather saw solid trouble winning
We're doing what we need to do, ... It's almost about not losing it rather than winning it at this point. We saw some hopefuls and contenders had trouble in New Hampshire, and I think that's the key. We got off to a good, solid start.
best five top
We're doing the best we can (without Chad) and, hopefully, we can come out of here with another top five and take it from there.
apply learn race test
We want to be able to take what we learn in the test and apply it to other race tracks,
bit car recognize result
Yes, a little bit because you really have to recognize when you are being abusive to the car and as a result to the tires.