Elliott Sadler Guys Quotations

I think Dale is just upset that we're all trying to race to get into the Chase and he's not going to take it anymore, and I'm not either, ... We've had a couple of guys run over us this year and we're going to stand our ground and we're not going to take it anymore.

The Roush guys have everybody beat right now on bodies and things like that. They tested very well at Vegas, and until somebody knocks them off the perch that's the operation to beat - here, at Vegas, Atlanta, Texas, all the fast 11/2-mile and two-mile tracks.

I feel like the pressure is not on us, ... I think the guys that are only one or 11 points behind or 10 points ahead of 10th place have more pressure.

I noticed a lot of guys were not slamming into each other. Everybody was nudging a little bit until we got to those no-zones.

I noticed a lot of guys were not slamming into each other. Eighty percent of it in the 150 is protecting your 500 car.

Only that car, ... My guys are doing such a great job and everything is just gelling together. We have been good all day long, but Ryan Newman doesn't stay out of the gas long so I went out there and knew what I had to do. It about scared me half to death.

I tell you what, we had some great pit calls today. I'm very proud of Kevin and the job he did today. All of the guys rallied behind him this week. It's been a long week, but it's well worth it to get a sixth-place finish and get ourselves back in the running for 11th place.

It's ungodly, I think, the pressure we get as drivers, not only from our sponsors but our car owners. I think the Chase last year, people recognized how much recognition the top 10 guys got by being a part of the Chase. Every sponsor wants to be a part of it, every driver, every team, but there are only so many pieces of the pie.

This track really isn't about the driver, ... This is all about the fab shop and the guys in the engine shop. I can't say enough about how hard my guys work. They gave me a great car.

We had a lot of contact tonight, but you know what? I'm not going to hang my head. These guys worked their butts off all year long but we didn't make the Chase. The world's not over with. The main thing is that we need to go and win a race. I think that would be good for all the guys.

This is a great feeling. We beat them all off pit road. Our guys worked so hard this off season and it paid off today.

I'm proud of my guys in the shop and I can't wait to get the race started on Sunday.

Those guys showed that you don't give up until the very last lap and we're not either, ... Nobody knows what's gonna happen. That's why we race 400 laps.

We just need to go up there and run the best way we can. I feel like the pressure is not on us. I think the guys that are only one or 11 points behind or 10 points ahead of 10th place have more pressure than we have.

Guys are going to have to race their guts out to pass.

You can't let all these guys run over you, ... They're going to take advantage of you, think they can do it every time. Dale just decided he had enough was getting tired of getting run over by these young guys. He just wanted to set an example that he's not going to take it any more. I think that's what you got to do. You got to defend yourself. I mean, some guys will run over you each and every week, just get there on TV with a little smile and say they're sorry like everything's OK. You know, that doesn't stand any more. I think you got to stand your ground.

You can't let all these guys run over you,

It's a great feeling, my guys have worked so hard this off-season. We've had the best pit crew in the garage the last couple of years and they showed it again today.

I think this is going to help stop guys from driving like idiots out there.

It's tough on everybody, not only us but the crews and the guys who are going through trying to get the cars inspected in the rain and the fans. It's just a tough day.

I just got on the brakes way too hard and locked it up. I could have just sat there and rode third and thought that was cool, but I want to give my guys a win.

I couldn't stand here right now and tell you who has a better chance of winning, the guys who have won here before or a new guy that hasn't won here. It's just whoever is hot at the right time.

I think the guys that are only one of 11 points behind or 10 points ahead of 10th place have more pressure than we have,

We can't really worry about whom we're racing and who we're not racing. We just need to go up there and run the best way we can, whether it's taking chances like two tires or four tires or whatever. I feel like the pressure is not on us. I think the guys that are only one or 11 points behind or 10 points ahead of 10th place have more pressure than we have. I think that we have to go up with the mindset that we've just got to race as hard as we can and not really worry about the points.