NASCAR Winston Cup Teleconference Moments

Jamie McMurray, driver No. 42 Havoline Dodge Intrepid

Photo courtesy of NASCAR Winston Cup Series.

“Everything has to go your way.”

Zoomster questions from Debbie:

"I just feel so much more comfortable in the car. I don't know if there's one thing I can tell you that I have learned or that was the hardest. Going into each race I still get nervous, but getting in the car I feel like I know what I need to feel. If I don't have that feeling I feel like I can tell Donnie I know what we need to do and he'll say what he thinks we should do to get that. That's been the biggest help for me, getting the right feel out of the car. I love racing, and that's why I run the Busch car on Saturday. It's just fun to be in the car and be on the track. Whenever I don't get to run the Busch car on Saturday and also Busch practice, I feel like I don't get enough racing on the weekend. When you grow up racing go-karts and then you go to the stock cars, I had a job as a waiter for awhile, and I also worked at a grocery store, and you got to race because you loved it. Now I get to do it all the time. I just like the part where you get to drive the car."

"Maybe a little bit of both, probably more patient when I need to be. The thing I've learned about Winston Cup racing is you can let a guy go and not race him early on in the race. He'll return that favor later on. The races are so long and the cars change so much you have to adjust on 'em. I'm probably more aggressive at the end than what I was at the beginning of the year. I feel like I've gained respect from some of the guys and they know I'm supposed to be there now. I think at the beginning of the year you have to earn that respect. That car number and that car hasn't really been there before, so I feel like now they understand we've run up front quite a little bit and that you're supposed to be there and that makes it easier on me to be more aggressive and to be more racy at the end of the race."

"It’s hard to plan your goals. I think everybody wants to win races and win championships, but everything has to go your way."

"I'm just me. I don't try to be anyone else. I say the way I feel and I think people like that - just being honest and not trying to put on a show or trying to be somebody else."