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Great job today Jr, we love ya rain or shine!!......

Best Radio Chatter:
Radio transmission was again a problem for the Bud team, and it became a boiling point for Dale Jr. during the fourth caution. Spotter Jimmy Kitchens, perched on a tower near the esses, had to often moderate the communication between Dale Jr. and the Brew Crew, as Junior’s radio transmissions weren’t making it to the pit box.
Dale Jr.: (to spotter Jimmy Kitchens) “Can they not hear me from the pits?”
Kitchens: (to crew chief Steve Hmiel): “Steve, can you hear Junior?”
Hmiel: “No sir.”
Kitchens: “They cannot hear you on pit road, June.”

Dale Jr. vented about the faulty radios to Kitchens, who then reported it back to the pit box:
Kitchens: “Steve, basically, Dale Jr. is saying one of the biggest problems is he’s talking, and he gets no response, and he gets bent out of shape because he feels like he’s talking to just air. We need to work on the communication end.”
Hmiel: “10-4, Jimmy.”
Dale Jr.: “You know how it is, Jimmy, when you can’t talk to the crew, you get madder than hell. Just let them know I’m bent out of shape, but now that I vented, I’m not so bent out of shape. Heh heh.”
Kitchens: “Hell yeah man, we’ll take care of it and get it better.”
Dale Jr.: “Getting mad is the only way I can stay up on the wheel, know what I mean?”
Kitchens: “You’re doing good, man. Hang in there, and we’ll try to piss you off again here in a bit.”
Dale Jr.: “Yeah, piss me off! It’ll get you half a second!”
Hmiel: (after being wired with a new radio) “OK, talk to me Junior. This is a different radio.”
Dale Jr.: “Hey, much better! All I was saying is I like the way the car drives. The radios need to be better. And I drive a half-second faster when I’m pissed off. So get me angry.”