I knew that we had a great race car and I knew that Matt was not going to go down easily and they had a great practice session yesterday and they had a great race today. So I knew we were going to have our hands full and we really needed to run well. So my fears were racing that hard, getting caught up in something. We had all the different small issues that took place today and ask those were the things I was really scared about.
I slept well knowing that I had a great car and I felt good when I got in the race car, and it was calm and at peace and even under the red flag, I was just chilling out knowing I would have a green and white chequered and just needed to get my laps in.
The pressure is really, really tough and it started building up over the last couple of weeks. Best thing I could do is just stay moving, stay active, try to just keep my mind off it. It was tough and when I saw my parents, they walked up and everybody's remark, even my friends that are here, was 'don't worry about it. It's all going to be good'. And I'm telling myself that and they are telling me, but it just doesn't hit that feeling that's in your mind. And I'm like, thank you, thank you, I appreciate it and just walk out, I'm still nervous, still stressing out. Looking back, it was a fun experience, I really was challenged through all of it mentally. Not only myself, I think the team as well. We did a great job dealing with all of the pressures.
![Jimmie Johnson's 2006 championship winning team. [Pic Credit image.net]](http://pix.crash.net/thumbs/281326.jpg)
