A little nervous, to say the least, we had not really talked about it much publicly. There were a lot of meetings and a lot of anxiety over the fact that we could possibly miss the Daytona 500. I think we've had four or five meetings trying to come up with a strategy for qualifying.

Carl Edwards

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We broke something, I think it was traction. by Carl Edwards

We broke something, I think it was traction.

car racing thinking

Whatever it is your doing out there, don't lose hope, you just keep digging and things can work out. I'm proof.

digging proof work-out

It's not supposed to be easy. It's not supposed to be driving dow... by Carl Edwards

It's not supposed to be easy. It's not supposed to be driving down the interstate.

interstate driving easy

That's awesome. There's no bias in the media. by Carl Edwards

That's awesome. There's no bias in the media.

We'll race like this until we kill somebody, then [NASCAR] will c... by Carl Edwards

We'll race like this until we kill somebody, then [NASCAR] will change it.

It's a fast track with a lot of character, the corners aren't perfect. There's bumps and seams, there's spots with no grip and spots with a ton of grip. It's got character. You throw the car down in the corner here and you toss that thing in sideways at 195 mph and you have to manage your tires. It's just a real fun racetrack. ... I could race here every week and be happy. I love it.

This is an opportunity to screw ourselves up more than it helps u... by Carl Edwards

This is an opportunity to screw ourselves up more than it helps us.

If you look at how everything came together, I think the realization or the understanding that this is how we were going to qualify, that's the point at which we all went, 'Whoa, this could go extremely bad,' from then on, it's been just a total mess of anxiety trying to figure out.