Kurt Busch Chicagoland Speedway Advance
Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, IL
NEXTEL Cup Series: USG Sheetrock 400
July 10, 2005 Sunday at 3:35 pm (ET)
Kurt Busch
Team: No. 97 Sharpie Ford Taurus
Crew Chief: Jimmy Fennig
Kurt Busch on racing at Chicago:
“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. It’s 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."
Crew Chief Jimmy Fennig on racing at Chicago:
“We’re bringing the same car to Chicago that we ran well with at Las Vegas earlier this year, and Kurt is really comfortable with the car. Kurt had two top-tens in his first two trips to this track, and we’ve had good cars the past two years before we’ve had motor failures and accidents, so we’re looking forward to a good run here this weekend.”
Fast Facts
Kurt Busch dropped one spot to ninth after being caught-up in an early accident at Daytona last weekend. Busch now sits 348 points behind leader Jimmie Johnson.
The No. 97 team brings the black, red and white of Sharpie to Chicagoland Speedway for this weekend’s race.
The Sharpie team brings chassis #63 to Chicago, the same car that finished third earlier this year at Las Vegas.
