European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 15, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 46 stars and stripes july 2007 Kurt Busch looking for lat season push by Mike Harris the associated press Kurt Busch is on the out Side looking to get with eight races remaining to determine the lineup for Nastars Chase for the Sextel cup the 2004 series Champion has made up ground but knows he has work to do if he wants to vie for the we certainly could use a few More races like last saturday nights Pepsi 400 if were going to be Able to pull it said who finished third in we have a lot of Good tracks com ing up for us Between now and so you can bet that were keeping the who drives for Penske is 15th in the current cup Driver 121 Points be Hind 12thplace Dale Earnhardt heading into sundays race at Chica Goland in but in also being a realist about it he its not like were battling just one Guy to make the there could be eight or 10 Drivers in the mix and really during it out for the final spots in the Mark Martin is 266 Points behind although mar driving a Par time schedule this int Likely to make the the Drivers Between him and Earnhardt Daytona win Ner Jamie bus chs teammate Ryan Greg Biffle and Yeley Are within 236 Points of the top Busch was 15th and 236 Points behind Earnhardt heading into but Earnhardt got caught up in a crash and wound up allowing Busch to take a big bite out of the although he remained we Cut the deficit almost right in half in just that one Busch but were smart enough to know that a lot of the ground we made up came from the poor finish that the 8 car it just shows you How much can change in a single when you look at the remain ing eight races before the Chase kicks there Are several other races like where there can be what you might Call High collateral by that i mean there Are races remaining where incidents pretty much beyond your control can take you out or Force a poor weve seen from our own experience what races at tracks like Bristol and Watkins Glen can there can be big Points gains made or major Points damage done in just those particular the task facing Busch and his 2 Dodge team is we just have to focus on get Ting All the to fives and top los we can Between now and Busch we can Only control what we can accomplish out and the rest just has to fall into like i were opt were also being level headed about the situation and the Challenge we have realistic evaluation asked to Grade the performance of his racing notes 17 Roush Fenway racing Ford so far this 2003 cup Champion Matt Kenseth pulled no id say b to said who Heads to Chicago third in the Driver its been but i gauge our season on winning right we Arent at that weve performed Well and weve had a Chance to win two races and we did win califor Nia in but we Arent at that level yet to where we can compete for a the pit Crew gets an but myself and the rest of the team have to figure out How to make our cars the big problem for Kenseth and most of the Roush Fenway team has been the introduction of the car of scheduled to run 16 races this season including five of the 10 events in the Chase and All of next sea son and our cot program Hast been As Good As but its just a Little bit Kenseth we Haven been Able to compete for wins with the cot but weve been close a couple marketing Junior although Jeff Gordon Doest know who will sponsor Dale Earnhardt car when he joins the Hendrick motor sports stable next the fou time series Champion is cer Tain its going to be Good for the whole this Guy has so much Poten especially in the marketing Gordon i think the Only thing he Hast accomplished so far is a Hes won the Daytona Hes won at Short tracks like Rich in looking Forward to us put Ting him behind the wheel of a Hendrick motor sports car and with the Best people and just see ing him go out and get Comfort Able being i know that we can put a championship Ali Ber team underneath him and i Dale Earnhardt will be joining Lascar powerhouse Hendrick motor sports next Reinhold Kurt Busch who finished third in the Pepsi 400 last weekend at Daytona is hoping to make a late push for a spot in the Chase for the Sextel cup and a second series look Forward to battling him for stat of the week Jamie my Murray Victory Over Kyle Busch last saturday night at Daytona tied for the Sec Ond closest since Lascar began using electronic timing in but that Only the closest of a spate of close finishes in the first 18 races of since Kevin Harvick began the season with a Victory by seconds Over Mark Martin in the Daytona there have been nine More races decided by less than one the average margin of Victory for the season is at least part of the reason for the close Competition is the car of which has produced finishes of under one second in six of the eight races in which it has been Clove Box reference featuring and Autostrada filling stations that accept fuel coupons v v what to do if involved in an Accident aft of Mif off pick up vow free 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