Chicagoland Speedway, July 9-11, 2004
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series: Tropicana 400, Sunday, 2:30PM
Kurt Busch
Team: No. 97 Sharpie Ford Taurus
Owner: Jack Roush
Crew Chief: Jimmy Fennig
Chassis: #59 (finished ninth at Las Vegas)
Kurt Busch on racing at Chicagoland Speedway:
"Chicago feels like a second home to me, and this is a great market for our team. It holds a lot of value to win here, and it’s especially a good place for us to do well with our sponsor's base being so close. Chicagoland Speedway is a great race track. Every part of the race track is round and you are continually turning. The back straightaway has a nice curve to it and allows for a good exit out of turn two and a more challenging entrance into turn three. With the 18 degree banking, it’s also a place where you can drive it into a corner deep and stand on the gas hard. And despite being similar to other tracks, this tri-oval has its own attitude, characteristics and when you go to Chicago you know you’re going there and no where else."
Crew Chief Jimmy Fennig on racing at Chicagoland Speedway:
“We are bringing the same car to Chicago that we had in Las Vegas. We took it to Kentucky a few weeks ago to test, and Kurt’s really comfortable with the car. The No. 97 has had some good runs here. Kurt had two top-tens in his first two trips to this track, and had a good car last year before we had a motor failure, so we’re looking forward to a good run here this weekend.”
Fast Facts
Following his third top-five of the year in Daytona last week, Kurt Busch moved up to seventh in the 2004 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series standings, 392 points behind leader Jimmie Johnson.
Busch is running the No. 97 Sharpie paint scheme for the seventh of 18 events in the 2004 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series season this weekend.
The Sharpie / IRWIN team tested for this event in Kentucky on June 22nd.
