Kurt Busch Advance
Watkins Glen International Speedway
August 12th-14th 2005 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series
Sirius Satellite Radio at the Glen, Sunday, 1:35PM
Kurt Busch
Team: No. 97 IRWIN Industrial Tools Ford Taurus
Crew Chief: Jimmy Fennig
Chassis: #69 (finished third at Sonoma earlier this year)
Busch on racing at Watkins Glen International Speedway:
“Earlier this year we had a really strong car in Sonoma, and I’d really love to be able to take this IRWIN car up to Watkins Glen and pick up another really solid finish. 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.”
Crew Chief Jimmy Fennig on racing at Watkins Glen International Speedway:
“We tested both of our road course cars at Road America for both the races this year, 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 remained fifth in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series standings following his 18th-place finish at Indianapolis on Sunday. Busch is now 277 points behind new point leader Tony Stewart.
Busch has been in the top 10 for 20 of 21 race weeks thus far in 2005. Busch has four top-10 finishes in his last six races, including top-fives at Loudon and Sonoma and a win at Pocono.
The No. 97 team brings the blue and yellow of IRWIN Industrial Tools to Watkins Glen this weekend.
The IRWIN team brings chassis #69 to Watkins Glen, the same car that finished third in Sonoma earlier this year in its only previous start.
