PREVIEW: KYLE BUSCH (NO. 5 CARQUEST/ KELLOGG’S IMPALA SS)
VENUE: PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY (ONE-MILE OVAL)
CIRCUIT: NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES (RACE EIGHT OF 36)
EVENT: SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2007 (312 LAPS, 312 MILES)
BUSCH IN THE IMPALA SS: With Kyle Busch taking the checkered flag at Bristol, Tenn., and teammate Jimmie Johnson scoring a win at Martinsville, Va., Hendrick Motorsports has been successful with the new Impala SS race car. Busch has an average finish of 2.5 and an average running position of 6.4 in the “Car of Tomorrow” races. He and teammate Jeff Gordon are the only two drivers to finish in the top five in both events.
THE SOPHOMORE SLUMP AT PHOENIX: In 2005, Busch scored an eighth-place finish in the spring event at Phoenix International Raceway and followed it up with a win in the fall race. But 2006 was not so kind. Although Busch won the pole for the April race as a NEXTEL Cup Series sophomore, he was involved in an accident and relegated to a 36th-place showing. He also experienced on-track misfortune in the fall race of ‘06 and had to settle for a 38th-place result
CAR SELECTION FOR PHOENIX: Crew chief Alan Gustafson has made Hendrick Motorsports Chassis No. 418 the Impala SS of choice for this weekend’s NEXTEL Cup festivities at Phoenix. The team tested the car at Richmond (Va. ) International Raceway earlier this month.
KYLE BUSCH MOTORSPORTS, TEAM SPONSOR: Busch will be on hand for Thursday evening’s NASCAR Grand National West Series event at PIR to keep a watchful eye on 17-year-old Alex Hasse. Hasse, a Las Vegas native and friend of Busch’s, will pilot the No. 84 Kyle Busch Motorsports/Motorway Motorgroup Chevrolet in the NASCAR Grand National West Series event. It marks Busch’s first foray into the world of sponsorship with his company, Kyle Busch Motorsports.
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