McCumbee focused on task at hand with No. 45 team (cont'd)

"You've got to look at it as you were hired to do a job, as if you were hired to drive anything," McCumbee said. "It doesn't matter if it's bicycle racing. You've got to figure out how to make it better. I don't think it's been too big of a transition for me, really.

"When you get in the car, all you want to do is figure out how to tell these guys to make the car better and that's what I've been doing. I haven't even been paying attention to all that other stuff, trying to get tunnel vision."

If anything, McCumbee admits he's been so wrapped up in the job that he's not had that much of a chance to reflect on his whirlwind weekend.

"I've been so busy, it's been hard to think about anything," McCumbee said. "Obviously, I just want to finish. If we finish, we'll end up pretty good. If we can stay on the lead lap, we'll get us a solid finish. I just want to keep these guys solid in the points after we come out of here.

"I've got a lot of learning to do. There's a lot of things I'm not used to over here. There's only one way to learn and that's to start learning as soon as that green flag drops. Wherever we end up, we end up. I'm not looking at it real hard. If we're in the top 10 with 10 to go, that would be pretty cool."

McCumbee already has a vocal fan base, calling out his name as he walked out to pit road Friday.

"I've been very surprised at how big it's been already," he said. "Honestly, I'm feeling kind of bad because I missed about half of them because I was rushing to get in the car. That's the most important part of this sport and that's the reason why we're all here. Getting to drive racecars for a living is because of fans watching. That's No. 1."