KYLE BUSCH NOTES & QUOTES

BUSCH WOULD BE YOUNGEST: With a victory Saturday night, Kyle Busch would become the youngest driver to win the NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge. Busch, 21, would best the mark set by teammate Jeff Gordon, who was 23 when he won the 1995 event.

RICHARDSON RETURNS: D.J. Richardson, front-tire changer for the No. 5 Kellogg's team, won individual honors as the top rear-tire changer in last year's NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Pit Crew Challenge. Richardson, who had off-season surgery on his right elbow, will challenge for the front-tire changer championship this year. The Leomister, Mass., native has been working at roughly 90-percent capacity as he continues physical therapy.

HENDRICK IN THE ALL-STAR: Rick Hendrick, who founded Hendrick Motorsports in 1984 as "All-Star Racing," has five NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge wins -- more than any other car owner. He has earned those victories with three different drivers: Jeff Gordon (1995, 1997, 2001), Terry Labonte (1999) and Jimmie Johnson (2003). Hendrick has also won the NEXTEL Open on three occasions, with Gordon in 1994, Ricky Craven in 1997 and Brian Vickers last season.

BUSCH PULLING DOUBLE-DOUBLE: Busch will see plenty of action at Lowe's Motor Speedway over the next two weeks. On Friday, he will compete in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event for Billy Ballew prior to racing in the NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge on Saturday evening. Next week, Busch will enter the May 27 CARQUEST Auto Parts 300 NASCAR Busch Series race and the May 28 600-mile NEXTEL Cup event. Busch, who will test a Chevrolet Silverado at Lowe's on Thursday, is the defending winner of both the Craftsman Truck Series and Busch Series races.

HENDRICK HAS 13 AT LOWE'S: Team owner Rick Hendrick has notched 13 points-paying NEXTEL Cup victories at Lowe's Motor Speedway, putting him first on the track's all-time win list. Junior Johnson and Petty Engineering are tied for second with eight apiece.

'5' GETS KUDOS AT DARLINGTON: At Darlington (S.C.) Raceway on Saturday, the No. 5 Kellogg's Racing team took top honors in the Checkers/Rally's Double Drive-Thru Challenge, which recognizes the team with the fastest times on pit road. With each stop, Busch's pit crew gained at least two positions on the race track en route to a seventh-place finish.

KYLE BUSCH, DRIVER OF THE NO. 5 KELLOGG'S CHEVROLETS: (WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON RUNNING YOUR FIRST ALL-STAR RACE?) "It's a night for the teams and crews to shine. It's a 'home race' with a lot of money and pride on the line. Teams will be aggressive because there are no points involved and it's usually pretty exciting for the fans. We didn't race our way in last year because we finished fourth in the qualifying race. We're in it this year because of the California win last September, so it takes some pressure off our team to know we're already in the show. We're in it to win it. No one will remember who finishes second."

BUSCH: (ON HIS FAVORITE ALL-STAR CHALLENGE MOMENT.) "My favorite All-Star race finish was definitely the 'pass in the grass' when Dale Earnhardt and Bill Elliott were beating and banging for the win. Elliott blew a tire and then Earnhardt fended off Terry Labonte for the win. Every time I see that, I wish I had the opportunity to race against those guys. I was only 12 years old back then and watched it all unravel on TV.

"I thought the NEXTEL Open finish last year was exciting. I was running fourth and saw my teammate Brian Vickers and Mike Bliss go at it. I figured the wreck was about to happen and it could've won me the race because there was the potential for everyone in front of me to wreck. They wrecked at the finish line so B.V. (Vickers) got the win and Bliss finished second by crossing the line sideways. It could've been big and I had a front-row seat to the whole thing."

BUSCH: (ON THE PIT-CREW CHALLENGE.) "My guys aren't flashy and don't have a nickname like lots of these guys on pit road, but they get the job done and I think they're the best in the business. I hope the pit crew challenge puts a title next to their names because they deserve it."

ALAN GUSTAFSON, CREW CHIEF OF THE NO. 5 KELLOGG'S CHEVROLETS: (ON THE ALL-STAR RACE.) "I'm looking at the All-Star race just as an extra test session for the 600. We'll be able to gauge the track and how it might change after there are a few races on it. With the smaller fuel cell and the tire compound we have to use, it should be interesting. The tires can go forever, but we'll have to pit twice as much because of the fuel situation. Getting on and off pit road will be important and the No. 5 team has been doing an excellent job with that so far this season. There will be a lot of friends and family at the track this weekend, so we have to do a good job to show them why we spend so much time on these cars. This is for them."

D.J. RICHARDSON, FRONT-TIRE CHANGER OF THE NO. 5 KELLOGG'S CHEVROLETS: (ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT'S PIT CREW COMPETITION.) "It's cool to win the individual championship because it makes you more marketable. Teams know we've been practicing and for the past two weeks guys have been asking me what my time is, because they know it might be one of the ones to beat. J.D. Holcomb (front-tire carrier) and I have been practicing hard and we really meshed as a team, so I think we have a good shot at it. It's been fun to be a part of this crew and to see us get a little more respect on pit road. There isn't any pressure, but the prize money is pretty sweet and the respect that goes with it is something I've worked for my whole life."