It's pretty cool to be able to hang out with the President and have the race-winning car on the South Lawn.

It's always a little different, racing on your hometown track. It makes it more special.

Between us and the writers, it was comedy hour the whole time. We could hardly get through it.

Mile tracks put more emphasis on the driver. On the longer tracks, you can drive flat out all the way around, so it's more of an engineering exercise. On a mile, you can't run flat out. You're constantly in traffic, there's more driver involvement.