Kyle Busch, driver of the #5 Kellogg's Chevrolet, discusses the
Daytona 500, switching to California and going home to Las Vegas, and the forthcoming Car of Tomorrow test...
Q:
Is the Daytona 500 finish playing on your mind?
Kyle Busch:
We're just trying to put that event behind us. It was a great race and we had a great race car. The Kellogg's/Carquest Chevrolet was very strong throughout all of Speedweeks and we still have our Busch car. I'm very proud of all the guys at Hendrick Motorsports. It was a bad set of circumstances there at the end of the race that took us out of a top three or top four finish.
Q:
So you're looking forward to racing in California this weekend then?
KB:
Yeah, I like coming to California. It's a great race track for me for some reason. It's like Michigan, but I can't ever finish well at Michigan for some reason. I run well there but don't finish well. Here, I don't run that well, but I finish well. So it's kind of a mix. All in all, I love to come to California. I love the west coast. I get up in the mornings and I feel good - more so than the east coast. I don't even have to set my alarm clock. I have one that goes off in my head at 7am for some reason. It's just a good place to come to.
Q:
And then it's on to your home track in Las Vegas...
KB:
The biggest thing you look forward to out in Vegas is the atmosphere. But, on the race track, the new surface is definitely going to throw a curve ball toward everybody. It's definitely going to make it worthwhile to try to have a good race car, of course. They are giving us a smaller fuel cell so they could try to make sure tyres last. The track is so fast that Goodyear can't make a tyre that will last, and it's hard to do that because the amount of load that we put on those tyres is just horrendous. So I'd hate to be in anybody's shoes when it comes down to that sort of stuff. So we're looking forward to getting back out there.
![Kyle Busch at Indianapolis. [Pic Credit IMS Media/Dana Garrett]](http://pix.crash.net/thumbs/252485.jpg)
