Kurt Busch Infineon Raceway Advance
Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, Calif.
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series: Dodge/Save Mart 350
June 26, 2005 Sunday at 3:35 pm (ET)
Kurt Busch
Team: No. 97 IRWIN Industrial Tools/Sharpie Ford Taurus
Crew Chief: Jimmy Fennig
Chassis: #69 (Brand new car)
Kurt Busch on racing at Infineon:
"I know a lot of people have mixed feelings about bringing the NEXTEL Cup cars to the road courses, but I think it’s a nice twist a few times a year. You do have to put a lot of resources behind these two races to build entirely different cars, so from that standpoint I wouldn’t mind doing these type events maybe three or four times a year.
The facility out in Sonoma is such a great one too. It’s unlike any other road course, because from a lot of the seats, you can see 80 percent of the racetrack. That’s unusual for a road course. I always enjoy heading out there.”
Crew Chief Jimmy Fennig on racing at Infineon:
“We tested earlier this year up at Elkhart Lake, and tried some different brake combinations than what we’ve had before – some bigger rotors with some different calipers, and vice versa. We need more forward bite. With the horsepower these cars are producing we’ve got to get that bite – you need it because you’re always spinning your rear tires at these road courses.”
Fast Facts
Kurt Busch moved back into the top 10 in the NEXTEL Cup points following his 12th-place effort at Michigan International Speedway last weekend. Busch is currently ninth in the standings, 360 points behind leader Jimmie Johnson.
Busch’s No. 97 Ford Taurus sports the purple and gold of Crown Royal for the third time this season for this weekend’s race at Sonoma.
The Sharpie team brings chassis #69 to Sonoma, a new chassis. Car #50 will serve as the back-up, a car that finished 10th at Watkins Glen last year.
