Arizona.Travel 200 - Kyle Busch Notes

PREVIEW: KYLE BUSCH (NO. 5 STA-GREEN/LOWE'S CHEVROLET)
VENUE: PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY (ONE-MILE OVAL)
CIRCUIT: NASCAR BUSCH SERIES (RACE 34 OF 35)
EVENT: SATURDAY, NOV. 10, 2007 (200 LAPS, 200 MILES)

KYLE AT PHOENIX: Kyle Busch has four career NASCAR Busch Series starts at Phoenix International Raceway, where he has logged two pole positions, one top-five finish and two top-10s. Busch has also paced 184 laps at Phoenix in the Busch Series.

LAST DANCE: Busch will make his final Busch Series start in the No. 5 Chevrolet this weekend at Phoenix International Raceway. In 19 efforts with Busch this season, the No. 5 team has won three races and three pole positions while recording 13 top-five finishes and 15 top-10s. Busch has led 968 laps in 2007, which is more than any other competitor in the series. NASCAR veteran Mark Martin will race the No. 5 Chevy in the season finale next week at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

STORIED BUSCH CAREER: After signing with Hendrick Motorsports, Busch made his first-ever Busch Series start at Lowe's Motor Speedway on May 24, 2003, qualifying fifth before leading 33 laps and finishing second to Matt Kenseth. This weekend, Busch will make his 108th start in the Busch Series, where he has earned 10 wins, 11 poles, 37 top-five finishes and 55 top-10s. To date, Busch has paced the field for a total of 2,474 laps and has won close to $4.5 million on the circuit.

TRIPLE THREAT: In addition to racing in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series and Busch Series, Busch will also race in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for Billy Ballew Motorsports this weekend at Phoenix.

ENTER THE BULLRING: Following Saturday night's Busch Series race, Busch will fly to his hometown of Las Vegas to compete in the season finale Fall Classic super late model feature at the Las Vegas Bullring. Busch is the owner and driver of the No. 51 late model team. For more information visit www.lvms.com.

CHASSIS 434: Crew chief Mike Bumgarner has selected Hendrick Motorsports Chassis No. 434 for Saturday's Busch Series event at Phoenix. The chassis earned the pole at PIR in April, but finished 37th after being involved in a mid-race accident. Chassis 434 went to victory lane after leading 227 laps from the pole position at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway in September.

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KYLE BUSCH, DRIVER OF THE NO. 5 STA-GREEN/LOWE'S CHEVROLET: (ON HIS FINAL BUSCH SERIES START FOR HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS.) "I will probably be pretty sad when the race is over if I'm not spraying champagne in victory lane with those guys. Phoenix is where I tried so hard to win a race a few years back (in November 2004) and it's bittersweet to end things here. Rick Hendrick gave me my start. I won't ever forget that. The best thing I can do this weekend is go out and drive my guts out to win one more for him."

BUSCH: (ON THE FRUSTRATION OF FINISHING SECOND IN THE BUSCH SERIES RACE AT TEXAS.) "I get frustrated when we don't win -- especially when we lead laps and have the strongest car out there. I know it's a total team effort, but we're all competitive and it's just hard to hide my emotions and disappointment sometimes. I've won 10 races in my Busch career and I've finished second 11 times. That's hard. My goal this year was five wins in the Busch Series. We have three now and I want a win in Phoenix. We all deserve one more trip to victory lane together."