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
contender ended feels good great last momentum races rolling year
It feels good to get off to a great start. But we're just two races in. I'd like to say that we're a championship contender with the way we ended last year and we'll just try to keep our momentum rolling forward.
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.
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 ground last race seeing tony track watched year
Seeing Tony do it last year at Indy, I was envious. I said, 'I want to do that at Vegas.' It's a big race for me and my little brother, of course. I watched the track get built from the ground up.
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.
years appreciate shells
I also appreciate the lasting friendships I've made while working with our great sponsors through the years, including Miller Lite, Shell and Dodge.
grateful years race
I am grateful to Penske Racing for six very productive years. Together we won a lot of races - 16 in all. I'm proud that we won on a variety of tracks.
belt broke cost fall fuel last leading richmond spring strategy terrific took year
Last year in the spring it was an alternator belt that broke when we were leading that took us out of contention, and then in the fall last year we were leading at the end before fuel strategy cost us the win. But Richmond is a terrific racetrack.
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.
again anxiety definitely final finish intense intensity last modeled pattern pressure races racetrack run solid tried wear year
That's something I tried to do last year and again modeled that pattern this year -- just to run each of the regular-season races as if they were important, and they are definitely. But the final 10 and the intensity and pressure and anxiety to get to the racetrack and to have a solid finish . . . the final 10 is definitely so intense that you can wear yourself out before you even get there.
earlier win
I said it earlier this year, I think you can have one 'mulligan' (and still win the championship). But this has been two for (Kurt) Busch, I don't think he can still win the championship.
left race roger stand turn
Roger told me to stand on the right pedal, turn left and go fast. He doesn't want me to do anything different. Just race hard, race smart.
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.
business committed cup filling looks martin seats seen somehow tight time
Martin said. ''That's the way it looks today. It's a real tight time right now filling Cup seats for '06. I haven't seen it like this in a long time. I think that '07 will be much more free. Somehow or another, everyone in the business was committed for '06.