Things keep getting better for Kyle Busch
New team, new car, new crew, better results.
Kyle Busch won the first Cup race with NASCAR's Car of Tomorrow last year at Bristol Motor Speedway. That turned out to be his only win of 2007, when he was driving the No. 5 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports.
He's already matched his win total from a year ago, giving Joe Gibbs Racing its first win of the season and Toyota its first Cup win since entering the top-tier of NASCAR last year.
Things are going well for Busch. He won last week at Atlanta Motor Speedway and leads the Cup standings after four races.
A lot has changed since Busch won the race at Bristol last year. Even the track went through some upgrades.
“Last year what we learned at Bristol, of course you want to take some of that to the race track again this year," said Busch, driver of the No. 18 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing. "But the first race, the race that I won last year, was still on the old concrete and the old configuration of Bristol, but we learned some stuff in the fall race that helped us some. We didn't run as well as we would have wanted to then. But when we got out front we were able to pull away from the leaders, and that was pretty satisfying."
In six career Cup races at Bristol, Busch has four straight top 10s. He had a second-place finish in 2006 and he finished ninth in his most recent race at Bristol last fall.
"So we just need to make sure that we can go to Bristol and we try to qualify well and keep our car up front, get a good pit selection and be able to keep our car up front like we did this past weekend," Busch said. "I think that's the key with this car is track position. It's more vital than ever before because you can't pass as well as you used to be able to, so you have to be able to keep your car up front all day.”



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