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
carrying feels good race reasons rusty strange
It still feels strange for many different reasons - I kind of feel a little like Rusty Wallace. I think of it more as just carrying on his legacy, the good times he's had, the championship, all the race wins.
bit finish forward good looking races
This is something we've been looking forward to for many races -- Richmond. We wanted to get a good finish because it has bit us so many times.
along good great list popularity press previous quotes shows thanks
Hey, any press is good press. I think it just shows the popularity of NASCAR. But it is very disheartening to know that I'm on that list thanks to some (anonymous) quotes from execs from my previous team. I can tell you, I got along great with my teammates.
becoming competitor edge flipping good guy matter public switch
You can still be a competitor and be well-rounded. You've got to have that edge on the track. It's just a matter of flipping a switch and becoming a good guy with your public image.
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.
bad challenge competition days easier good run
That's what I live for, is the challenge and the competition on the track. You're going to have your good days and have your bad days, but it's easier to be comfortable because I know in the long run everything's going to be all right.
atlanta attack capitalize eight forced less race races sure wrong
(A race you win) is one less race for things to go wrong, ... You can look at it from many different directions, and for us, we wanted to capitalize on the first eight races and after Atlanta we were forced into making sure we didn't have anything go wrong after that. We wanted to attack for as many races as we could, and then you have to play it cool, because you can only go for so long.
flag four great green needed run stay tires took work
All in all it was great, ... To be able to come back and work our way through the pack. We took four tires when we thought we needed to stay out and then we had a long green flag run and that put us into a great position.
problem tough
After the problem we had, I thought we were buried. It's very tough to come back to the front.
likes talk
He likes to talk a lot. We like to race.
chase finish great jump note race regular season similar strong track
It's great to be able to finish off the regular season on a strong note and jump into the Chase race with a very similar track in New Hampshire.
bumped fell gotten guess track
Guess we're even with the 17 car. We'd gotten around him for seventh. He bumped me up the track and we fell back.
bumped came darn four fresh gotten guess loose tires
Guess we're even with the 17 car. We'd gotten around him. He bumped me up the track. We came in and got four fresh tires there at the end, but we were just so darn loose that we couldn't use them to our advantage.
dinner people
It's been great. I'm with new people around me, a new team. We're going out to dinner tonight, 18 of us.