Jimmy Johnson
Jimmy Johnson
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth16 July 1943
CountryUnited States of America
corner outside tried
I tried on the restart, got on the outside of him, but then he jumped off the corner and got away from us.
car drive knew outside push
That was so much fun. I knew if I could get to his outside and get around him I knew the car was going to drive good. I just didn't want to push the issue. Then they had that green-white-checker at the end.
heading momentum
I think we're getting some momentum back and heading in the right direction.
effects good lingering next race start
I think that one of the good things in our sport is that there's always next weekend. You could see some lingering effects at the start of the next race weekend, but it disappears.
governor joey offense
I think this offense has got a governor on it. It's called Joey Harrington.
aggressive car everybody feels hit knows sharp short slide tracks
I think sometimes we hit short tracks and everybody feels that they can be really aggressive and slide the car around. Jeff, he's sharp and knows what to do and how to make the car last.
champion clean everybody felt final last team
Last year, everybody felt that the champion was going to be a team that made it clean through the final 10,
definitely utilize
We're definitely going to utilize Robbie in every aspect,
definitely excited
We're definitely excited to be where we are,
close competition definitely easier gonna
It definitely is a lot easier here to use the bumper. When you put us all that close and the competition is this tough, you're gonna have bumping and banging.
cars final last nervous vulnerable worrying year
I think last year we were all nervous about it and worrying about the cars in the final 10 and how vulnerable they are and how much is on the line,
goes man meant motto
Man what a night. It just goes with my motto about the championship 'if it is meant to be it is meant to be'.
bring great needed thankful victory
Man, we needed that so bad, ... It was a great race, I am just thankful to be able to bring the Lowe's Monte Carlo back to victory lane.
flat hit race start tough
Man, before we hit the start of the race we had a flat tire. It was a really tough day for us.