▁think ▁finally , ▁finally ▁after ▁pulling ▁this ▁off ▁J imm ie ▁will ▁get ▁the ▁respect ▁that ▁he ▁deser ves . ▁Know ing ▁what ▁we ▁had ▁to ▁do   — ▁come ▁down ▁here ▁and ▁beat ▁them   — ▁and ▁we ▁beat ▁them ." ▁Ham lin , ▁the ▁points ▁leader ▁before ▁the ▁race , ▁described ▁his ▁disappoint ment ▁by ▁saying , ▁" I ’ m ▁disappoint ed . ▁Our ▁car ▁was ▁light ning ▁fast ▁until ▁that ▁last ▁w reck . ▁When ▁we ▁hit ▁the ▁ 1 6 ▁( B iff le ) ▁that ▁knock ed ▁the ▁toe - in ▁out . ▁It ▁wasn ’ t ▁as ▁fast ▁after ▁that . ▁It ’ s ▁just ▁circumstances ▁but ▁we ▁had ▁a ▁great ▁year . ▁We ▁won ▁the ▁most ▁races ▁( 8 ) ▁and ▁we ▁cont ended ▁like ▁we ▁have ▁never ▁cont ended ▁before ▁but ▁circumstances ▁took ▁us ▁out ▁of ▁this ▁one . ▁I ▁don ’ t ▁think ▁the ▁ 4 8 ▁( John son ) ▁showed ▁the ▁strength ▁this ▁year ▁like ▁they ▁did ▁in ▁the ▁past ▁and ▁that ▁opened ▁the ▁door ▁for ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁us ." ▁Har v ick , ▁who ▁finished ▁third ▁in ▁points , ▁stated : ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁post - race ▁press ▁conference , ▁Har v ick ▁and ▁Bus ch ▁commented ▁on ▁their ▁accident ▁during ▁the ▁race . ▁" Har v ick ▁pulled ▁a ▁slide ▁job ▁on ▁my ▁earlier ▁in ▁the ▁day , ▁I ▁crossed ▁over ▁and ▁passed ▁him ▁clean . ▁My ▁guys ▁worked ▁way ▁too ▁hard ▁to ▁be ▁in ▁this ▁position ▁to