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
late position race
We had (the car) in position late in the race and I thought we had a shot. You could just see it brewing. With 20 to go, it was going to get busy.
against finish great lined looking obviously position result track
Obviously this wasn't the end result we were looking for, ... We were in position for a great finish at Dover, a track that hasn't always been our best, but unfortunate circumstances lined up against us again.
bring car caught decide earlier excited forward good hang middle pit position qualify race ran running seventh shakes single stop stuck wait wrong year
If you're running in the top-five during the race, usually you're single file, not three-wide pack, that's something you try to position yourself for. If you're stuck in the middle there's not much you can do. You don't want to get caught up in a wreck, so you have to decide if you want to go forward or if you want to hang out in the back and wait for a pit stop to jumble up the field. Qualifying is important, but, if you qualify up front, you can get shuffled to the back if you get into the wrong draft. We'll see how it shakes up. We have a good car. It's the car we ran seventh here earlier this year so I'm excited to bring it back.
great kurt running
This was a great momentum-builder, ... Look out, Kurt Busch is running again. This just propels you right into the Chase.
begins believe grand morning motor national practice sat texas thursday time
Believe it or not, when practice begins on Thursday morning at Texas Motor Speedway, that will be the first time I've ever even sat in a Grand National car.
adjust corners hard might night racing
With the asphalt here being so old, it's going to be hard to see what it does, but there are going to be some shadows. The way we're going to be racing at night the corners might look the same to the eye, but we're going to have to adjust to it as we go.
approach people team won
When you're a team that's won a championship, people look at you and how you did it and what your approach could be.
handle loose missed
We just missed the handle on it again. It was just way too loose off the corners.
definitely good hope race stay together tough trouble win
The race is definitely a high-intensity race. You have to stay patient. I've got one win there, but many tough finishes. I hope we're able to stay out of trouble in the pits and put together a good finish.
odd places race run seen spark sparks
We've never seen a spark here out on the race track, because we've never run under the lights, so you'll see sparks in odd places that you've never seen here before.
bit game last luck picture racing staying top
With a little bit of racing luck and a little bit of staying on top of our game and not let the big picture get away, we could do the same thing we did last year.
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.
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.