Some interesting quotes on the Car of Tomorrow from this weekend at Martinsville Speedway.

Scott Riggs: “Going to the car of tomorrow, I think we’re going back to yesterday. Now we’ve got a bigger car and it’s harder to race side by side on these faster, aerodynamic tracks and it’s going to be some boring races the first couple of races. Everybody will be in one train, and it’ll be boring. I’m sure some way, some how, the teams will figure out a way to make those things drive better around each other and better racy. I’m not a fan of the COT car just because the little bit of testing I’ve done in Evernham’s car, I mean, I call it the car of yesterday. It’s taken a lot away from the ability to pass and race side by side.

"A cot is a good word for it. It’s the car of tomorrow, but when you say cot I think of something laying down on the side of the road to lay on and relax. Maybe that’s what the fans will be doing when the car of tomorrow is racing."

Jeff Burton: "My honest assessment is I think there's going to be a learning period. I think there's going to be things that happen with the Car of Tomorrow that we don't know about. I think some of those things could affect the quality of racing early with the car. At the end of the day, this is what I truly believe though, if you give Hendrick Motorsports, Joe Gibbs Racing, Roush Racing, (Richard) Childress Racing a Pinto and said 'Here's a Pinto. You guys are going to go racing.' There'd be a heck of a race here Sunday. That's what I believe. I believe the race teams will figure out how to make it work."

Jimmie Johnson: "I think the look is less than be desired and I think a lot of us share that same opinion.  I only tested it at Talladega and that is a really forgiving race track, very easy.  I think that by the time we left Talladega, I think the package we came up well worked well, drafted well and will put on a good show at Talladega. But, I know from the other test sessions they have had, it didn't go that way. The cars were real difficult to drive in traffic; they are more aero-dependant than everyone thought they would be. There is a lot of work ahead of us to get these things right.  I know that NASCAR is working with the teams, the engineers and the manufacturers; everybody is trying to get together to figure out how to make this thing as good as possible for next year.  We do have next year on a limited schedule to run and get these things right. There is still a lot of work ahead of us to get these things right.  I know there have been quotes out there about how great everything is going and it has been going well but there is still a lot of work ahead of us to get this thing right."