Kyle Busch: “Last year was a heartbreaker because Kevin Harvick passed us with just two laps to go”

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Kyle Busch, Driver Of The No. 5 Kellogg’s/Carquest Impala SS: (On Being The Bridesmaid Twice At Richmond. ) “We’ve had a few near misses at Richmond but never finished out of the top five in five Cup starts there. Last year was a heartbreaker because Kevin Harvick passed us with just two laps to go. In the spring we raced Jimmie (Johnson) and Jeff (Gordon) at the end and finished second. We’ve been impressive, but have always come up a little short. Being good at the end of the race is what counts. We haven’t been able to be the car to beat when it counts. “

BUSCH: (ON THE SECRET TO HIS SUCCESS AT RICHMOND. ) “I don’t know why I have had so much luck there. I won my first Busch (Series) race there and I guess we’ve just clicked when it comes to running well - even with the new Impala SS. It’s a good thing to have five top-five finishes out of five starts. “


ALAN GUSTAFSON, CREW CHIEF OF THE NO. 5 KELLOGG’S/CARQUEST IMPALA SS: (ON CLINCHING ANOTHER CHASE BERTH. ) “It says a lot about this team. If we can deal with the distractions we’ve had and still hit on all cylinders, it shows the incredible depth we have here at Hendrick Motorsports. I’m proud of the way Kyle has driven and how well the team has executed on pit road. We learned a lot about the Chase last year. We didn’t perform up to our expectations (in the Chase last season), but it will help us be better prepared to handle the pressure this time around. “

vSTELLAR AT RICHMOND: In five career races, Kyle Busch has scored five top-five finishes at Richmond (Va. ) International Raceway, with an average start of 16.8 and average finish of 3.4. He has the second-best driver rating at RIR in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series (115.2) and has completed 100 percent of a possible 2,000 laps run, leading 292 circuits around the. 75-mile oval in the process.

CALIFORNIA WRAP: Busch led 97 laps this weekend at California Speedway, more than any other driver, en route to a third-place finish and his sixth top-five effort of the season. The strong run also secured the No. 5 Kellogg’s/CARQUEST team’s second consecutive berth in the Chase for the NEXTEL Cup, which begins at New Hampshire International Speedway on Sept. 16.

HISTORY IN THE MAKING: Last season, a 21-year-old Busch made history as the youngest driver ever to make the Chase for the NEXTEL Cup field. In 2007, he is one year older, but still the youngest driver who will compete for the championship. If he wins the NEXTEL Cup title, Busch will best Bill Rexford as the youngest Cup champion in history. At the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Busch will be one year, two months and four days younger than Rexford was when he was crowned in 1950.

TESTING MILWAUKEE: Busch and his No. 5 Kellogg’s/CARQUEST team tested a brand new Chevrolet Impala SS at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wis., on Wednesday in preparation for the Sept. 16 NEXTEL Cup event at New Hampshire International Speedway. Busch has scored one career win at NHIS.

TESTING TALLADEGA: The No. 5 team will participate in the NEXTEL Cup Series open test at Talladega (Ala. ) Superspeedway on Sept. 10-11. When the series takes to the high banks of the massive 2.66-mile track on Oct. 7, it will mark the first restrictor-plate event for the new Impala SS “Car of Tomorrow. “

QUICK TRUCK TURNAROUND: Transporter drivers Dean “Squirrel” Mozingo and Jimmy “Biscuit” Parrot shared the most difficult job on the No. 5 crew this week. When the checkered flag flew at California Speedway, the pair had a long road ahead of them—2,407 miles to be exact. After taking turns driving from Fontana, Calif., the duo made it back to the Hendrick Motorsports complex in Concord, N.C., on Tuesday night. They arrived just in time for the No. 5 crew to restock the transporter before Mozingo heads north on I-95 toward Richmond on Thursday.

CHASSIS NO. 423 READY FOR RICHMOND: Crew chief Alan Gustafson has selected Hendrick Motorsports Chassis No. 423 for this weekend’s NEXTEL Cup event at Richmond. The car finished 11th in July at New Hampshire International Speedway.

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