"I like Jacques and I'm a big fan of his, but I think that's not the right decision to make. I didn't think it was the right decision last year with David Gilliland. Nothing against their talent or anything else. I just look at that race, in the Chase -- why? You want to go run a race, go run Atlanta. Go to some mile-and-a-half tracks. I'm very, very surprised that that was approved for the first Cup race."
"I'm fired up about it. I'm focused on a championship and the Chase here and I'm trying not to get too caught up in it. There's a lot I'd like to say about it. It has nothing to do with Jacques Villeneuve or Bill Davis. I think it's great what they're doing, and I want to see him in the Cup series. But not at Talladega. There's too much on the line. It's a track that is not for rookies. I think that no matter whether he's one of the most experienced racecar drivers in the world, it's just not the place to start. There are so many other tracks to start at. Why start there? It makes no sense to me, other than the fact that NASCAR approved Gilliland last year under a similar situation, and they kind of got themselves into a box with that one."