Jeremy Mayfield Quotes (24 Quotes)

You get one or two teams having big, winning years, like Tony Stewart and Greg Biffle are doing this year, ... and that doesn't leave too many wins for the rest of us.

I think fans of those drivers just have to accept the idea that their teams just haven't been very good, very consistent or very lucky this year. It can happen. With only 10 qualifiers, good teams are going to miss the Chase every year. NASCAR will survive.

We should have pitted with the leaders late there at Bristol, ... But we didn't, and we paid for it. But that's NASCAR you win some, or none, and you lose most.

Every win I've ever won in this series is like that, full of drama. Right up to the wire you never know.

I think we might see some changes, maybe expanding the number of cars in the Chase, ... but not that one.

I think hes just patiently trying to hope it will all work out. But if were not careful, 10 races will be in and we got 16 races to go and we wont be in the chase.

Well, the good news is that we started the Chase out better than we did last year, ... The bad news is that we battled the car all day long. We just couldn't get the handling right. We really wanted to come out of here with a top five or a top ten, but at least we didn't come out with a DNF.

Our sport's bigger than two teams. Besides, Jeff and Dale would want to earn their way into the Chase. They wouldn't want anything just given to them.

Im sitting there trying to feel Chris out, hes trying to feel me out on how to communicate.

I've always wanted to run a black car, ... They just look cool, especially under the lights for a night race. I like to operate in stealth mode, and maybe they won't see me coming in the black Dodge Charger. Hopefully I can drive right by them to the front of the field.

I asked him before and he said he wasn't looking. ... You've got to trust each other. When you ask a guy questions and he says he's not looking and you find out later he is, that's not good either. The trust is gone when that happens.

We know how to get into the Chase. It's a whole different deal after you've gotten in to win the championship in the last 10 races than it is in the first 26. We've got some work to do, and we realize that.

You see it every week. Guys are staying out (on cautions) and leading laps and stuff, trying to get all the points you can if you're in the Chase or not. I've noticed it every week, and it will all add up at the end.

I'm not sure exactly what the problem was. It was pretty wild because we never have problems like this, but it's going to happen every once in awhile. This team will keep digging.

He races to win, ... He's been a great addition to our team this year. Kenny Francis, the team director is the same way. They're willing to make gutsy calls. They work well together. That's why we're in the Chase.

It means everything to be in the 'Chase' two years in a row, ... It certainly says a lot for our race team. Everybody at Evernham Motorsports has worked so hard to get us where we needed to be. They have just worked their tails off this year.

We weren't good the whole time here. We got better as the day went on, and the last couple of weeks haven't been good for us,

The good thing about Bristol is some bad stuff can happen but you're not at an aero track where if you mess the fender up you're going to be done for the rest of the day, or if you tear the side off of it you're for sure done with it. You can rip both sides off of it and rip the nose off it and you can still win the race.

But the other guys are going to have to have trouble, too. That's something you haven't seen yet -- but it's coming.

You kind of let things happen and you hope for the best. But it's not going to work out like we are right now. If we keep doing what we've been doing, it ain't going to work. So we've got to do something different. What that is, I don't know.

If you're not careful, this thing can get to you, trying to get in the top 10 for the chase.

I've been doing this a long time, longer probably than I get credit for. I've been here a long time now, and I've seen a lot of things happen. ... I've been beat up, tied down, shot up, spit out and everything else.

Last week Mayfield finished seventh at Dover. We're in position, ... We had a good top-10 run. It was a strong run all day.

It's part of racing. We were the innocent victims in that mess, but what could we do about it