JEFF BURTON QUOTES –
HOW MUCH CARRYOVER IS THERE FROM JUNE TO AUGUST AT MICHIGAN?
"There is carryover at Michigan from June to August, for sure. The track is a little bit different because the track is normally hotter the second time but I think if you run well there in the spring, you can expect a similar set-up to work. Pocono seems a little bit less like that, but at Michigan the difference between the first race and the second race is that everybody's been working -- so the guy that may have had the best car in the spring, his car may be every bit as good as it was, but everybody else's is better. There have been a lot of people making improvements between the first Michigan and the second, in an effort to pump up their competitiveness, so I think that's the biggest difference. I'm not sure it's so much the racetrack being different as it is the competition trying to get better."

HOW DO YOU ADJUST FOR A SLIPPERIER RACE TRACK IN AUGUST?
"Well, we need more grip. The more downforce we can make, and the more mechanical grip we can make and keep a good balance -- those are the things we're looking to do. We're looking to make our car turn very well -- because the better the car turns, the better chance we'll have of succeeding at Michigan. So front-end grip is what we're really looking for.”

YOU PREPARE TO WIN EVERY WEEK, SO THAT'S SOMETHING YOU DON'T CHANGE WITH THE CHASE SITUATION -- BUT BEHIND THE WHEEL, HOW DOES BEING IN CONTENTION FOR THE CHASE AFFECT YOUR DECISIONS, OR THOSE KEVIN MAKES ON THE BOX?
"In flying, it's called 'situational awareness,' and that's what we try to do here. We try to be aware of the situations that we're in, second to second, in order to make a decision that will benefit us in that particular race. When we go to Michigan we are thinking solely of Michigan and what can we do to give us the best chance to succeed here and only here. On Sunday night we'll change and begin thinking about the next race. But we will definitely, from the driver's seat and the top of the pit box, be very aware of the situation that we're in -- not only from a points standpoint but also from the race's standpoint -- because the better we do in each race the best chance we have of being high up in the points."

DID YOU HAVE ANY SET-UP SURPRISES AT MICHIGAN IN JUNE?
"Our set-ups are so radically different today than they were a year ago that every set-up is a surprise. We have been working very hard on new set-ups that we think will benefit us long-term, so we went to Michigan with stuff totally different than what we would have gone there with last year. So every weekend's been a surprise."

AT MICHIGAN, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THE STRANGEST ASPECT OF YOUR SET-UP THAT YOU'VE NOTICED?
"It's no big secret -- it's how soft the front springs can be and how stiff the rear springs can be. That's what all of us are trying to do -- we're trying to get the aero advantage of having the front end down and the back end up.

"There are a lot of different ways to do that, and it's a lot easier said than done -- especially when we run the springs that we used to run in the back of the car in the front; and the springs we used to run in the front of the car in the rear. That's kind of where we are today and it's kind of backward from what we ran five years ago. It's unbelievable the difference in set-ups but that's what you have to do to be successful."