KYLE BUSCH NOTES & QUOTES

STAT BOY: Through the first five races of 2006, 20-year-old NEXTEL Cup sophomore Kyle Busch has completed every lap of competition (1,549 of 1,549). Busch has also posted the sixth-best average running position (10.710), the seventh-best driver rating (95.9) and leads the circuit with 402 quality passes.

HENDRICK AT MARTINSVILLE: Car owner Rick Hendrick has earned 13 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series victories at Martinsville, tying him with Junior Johnson for second on the track's all-time list. Petty Engineering has 19 victories at the .526-mile venue.

CHASSIS 263 PREPPED AT CARAWAY: Crew chief Alan Gustafson has selected Hendrick Motorsports Chassis No. 263 for Sunday's race at Martinsville. The Kellogg's team tested the car, which saw action in both Martinsville events in 2005, on March 22 at Caraway Speedway, a .455-mile oval in Asheboro, N.C. Busch finished ninth at Martinsville last fall.

LIKE CLOCKWORK: For seven consecutive NEXTEL Cup events, a Hendrick-owned Chevrolet has either taken the checkered flag or started from the pole position at Martinsville Speedway. During that that span, dating back to April 2002, Hendrick Motorsports has earned five victories and four poles at the track. Two of the wins -- both by driver Jeff Gordon -- have come from the pole.

KYLE BUSCH, DRIVER OF THE NO. 5 KELLOGG'S CHEVROLETS:
(ON GOING FROM BRISTOL TO MARTINSVILLE.) "Running back-to-back short-track weekends at Bristol and Martinsville is really demanding. You're bound to make someone mad at a short track like Martinsville. It's a tough place and someone is either all over you or you're all over someone else. We had a top-10 there last season and it felt like we won the race. This will only be my fourth start there so I'm still learning the ropes. The key again this week will be to keep the fenders on the car and race the race track."

BUSCH: (ON THE TEAM'S TOP-10 FINISH AT BRISTOL.)
"Running eighth at Bristol was a small victory for the Kellogg's team. Finishing every lap and being there in the top-10 at the end was good stuff. I've been really trying to be patient in the car. I actually find myself looking at other guys and thinking, 'Hey, they must have left their patience at home,' and thinking to myself how much better it is when you can be calmer in the car. These short-track races are, more or less, check your feelings at the gate, because someone is going to get their feelings hurt. The best thing this team can do is race our race and keep doing what we're doing."

BUSCH: (ON LEARNING FROM HIS TEAMMATES.)
"Jeff Gordon is the man at Martinsville and, lately, Jimmie Johnson has been the man, too. So, in just my second year, I'm lucky to have those guys to lean on. Even though I'm not a rookie anymore, I've only raced a handful of times there and I'm still learning. Martinsville is still tough."

ALAN GUSTAFSON, CREW CHIEF OF THE NO. 5 KELLOGG'S CHEVROLETS:
(ON MARTINSVILLE.) "We tested last week at Caraway Speedway and it went well. Hendrick Motorsports has been successful at Martinsville, so we're going to rely on some of the information from our teammates. Martinsville is a tough track to get around. You have to save your brakes and race your race. It's almost impossible to fit 43 cars around that track, so it's easy to lose a lap to the leaders. The key will be a good qualifying position up front and, hopefully, having a car good enough to stay there. You'll see a lot of pit strategy, two- and four-tire stops, fuel-only stops, and guys staying out on the track for position. You never know what to expect at Martinsville."

JEFF TORRENCE, BRAKE SPECIALIST OF THE NO. 5 KELLOGG'S CHEVROLETS:
(ON MARTINSVILLE BEING NOTORIOUSLY TOUGH ON BRAKES.) "Martinsville is all about the brakes. The track is like two drag strips with 90-degree angles at the end of them. Its paper-clip shape and flatness make the drivers depend on the brakes more than anything. It's nothing for the rotors to get upward of 1,300 degrees in those cars. We need to make sure a guy like Kyle, who is wide open all the time anyway, is easy on the brakes and saves his stuff for the end. You'll see a lot of brake failures throughout this race, so it's important for the drivers to give the brakes a break every now and then."