Well, as bad as this past weekend was, I guess it could have been worse than finishing 22nd. However, anytime we wipe out a primary car in practice and get in a wreck on the 7th lap of the race, it is very frustrating and disappointing.

After the wreck, we really had no shot at a good finish, but I'm proud of how hard the our guys worked on the car during all those pit stops. It would have easy to have said the day the done but we didn't and ended up picking up a lot of spots.

As many of you know we are making a lot of changes to the team for 2003. We will be driving the Monte Carlo instead of the Grand Prix and now Jimmy Makar got a promotion to team manager and we will be getting a new crew chief for the 18 car. Jimmy has been my crew chief since I started here at Joe Gibbs Racing and it will be different working with someone else. But I am looking forward to getting the most out of the rest of this season and then getting to work on 2003. You just can't sit still in Winston Cup racing and we are moving full speed ahead at getting us back to the winners circle.

Did everyone see how much my helmet and fire suit went for in the auction? WOW, I'm proud of everyone who has supported the Todd Beamer Foundation and I have to say thank you to everyone who has helped out. We raised more than $49,000 for the kids. Awesome!