Kurt Busch
Kurt Busch
Kurt Thomas Buschis an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, driving the No. 41 Chevrolet SS for Stewart-Haas Racing. He is a second-generation racing driver; his father, Tom, won several NASCAR-sanctioned events. He is the older brother of 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Kyle Busch...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth4 August 1978
CityLas Vegas, NV
CountryUnited States of America
dinner earth grandma guy rather
I'm still the down-to-earth guy who'd rather go have dinner with my grandma and her meatloaf than go out and do things with some friends.
car drive jack obligated signed team
I'm still contractually obligated to drive this car in 2005 and in 2006. I told Jack (Roush) that. I signed with a different team for 2007 because of opportunities and timing.
friday
Today's Friday and I'm fast. I don't know what to say. Usually, I'm 15th or so.
hope matter run time year
Frankly, I hope it does. They've run it all year long. It's been a matter of time before things were revealed.
car checked nowhere tried trying
I don't know what he was doing. I was a lapped car trying to get out of his way. He checked up. ... I tried not to get him. I had nowhere to go.
complete felt intensity kissed line race richmond stronger team track win
I can just feel the team has a stronger intensity level. All of us went out to the start-finish line at Richmond and kissed that start-finish line and kissed that race track . . . We all felt very complete by that win and now we want some more.
behind believe defend knowing last opportunity time unique
I believe they're more behind me now than we were this time last year, knowing that this is a unique opportunity -- A, to defend our championship and, B, to get the most out of 2005,
believe best interest situation teams worked
I believe the situation has worked out in the best interest of the drivers, the teams and the sponsors,
bumps dig fans goes leading race racing running second trophy
If we're leading and he's running second and he bumps me out of the way, I'd understand. That's what goes on, man. This racing is awesome. Fans dig it. That's the big thing about Bristol, you have to come to race hard. You have to be able to hoist up the trophy at the end of the day without any grudges.
bad catch difficult early golf guys last later overcome race seemed start tony trouble year
Last year Tony had trouble as well as Mayfield, and they never seemed to rebound. It's like a golf tournament. If you start off and you're 4- or 5-under and the other guys are waffling around par, they're not going to catch you. ... When you have a bad race early on it's just that much more difficult to overcome later on.
atlanta bad blowing bogey catch difficult early golf gonna guys last later leader mistakes motor overcome race rebound saw seemed solid start took trouble ways year
Last year we saw (Tony) Stewart have trouble as well as (Jeremy) Mayfield and they never seemed to rebound after that, ... It's just the pace. In a lot of ways it's like a golf tournament. If you start off and you're four- or five-under and the other guys are waffling around with a bogey and a par, they're not gonna catch you. It's up to the leader to make those mistakes and we did have a big mistake at Atlanta with the motor blowing up. That took away our solid advantage, so when you have a bad race early on it's just that much more difficult to overcome later on.
built cars couple decide far five guy helped identity life mistake needed operating plate program putting spent turns
One thing that really helped me decide that I needed to go was their program of consolidating all the cars. I used to have a plate where they built my cars. One guy was the leader, they had a couple of 'grunts' around him and they built the car. That guy had spent 10 years of his life working up the stepladder to become a plate leader. Now, they have him putting right-front fenders on all five cars. The personality and identity is gone. I think that's a mistake as far as operating a business. We'll see how that turns out for them.
attack build expect points race win
Now we have to go and attack each race for a win. We have to go to Dover and expect to win and try and build our points back up.
aged few older past quick
I'm a little older now. I've aged pretty quick these past few months.