So being able to go out there last year and win that race in California not only took the monkey off your back, but just took all amounts of pressure off. Because now you try so hard throughout the year to run up front and to win that race, you put too much emphasis on being able to do that. Now that you've been able to do that, you can kind of lay back a little bit and just run your own race and do those kinds of things, somewhat similar to Phoenix.
I didn't think I had a shot in the world to win that race after we got two laps down. We had some good pit strategy going on and we were just able to come back up through there and race with Greg Biffle at the end, and of course win. It's a lot easier now this year to just go out and run our own races, instead of having to push ourselves so hard to win races.
Q.
You mentioned that school is not what you want to do. When did you find out that racing is what you want to do with the rest of your life?
KYLE BUSCH:
I was probably in 7th or 8th grade and just racing Legends cars and things like that. I was having a good time doing that kind of stuff. I had friends at school and stuff like that, but I never saw them outside of school. I was more so worried about racing and doing the things that I wanted to do and really concentrating and put most of my energy towards that was definitely a priority of mine. You know, every kid has got to go to school and do what they need to do there and graduate.
I was fortunate enough to learn what I needed to do to graduate a full year early, and I did take some honours classes, so I was able to graduate with some honours as well, too. It had to be back in 7th or 8th grade where I decided I wanted to pursue racing for the rest of my life.
THE MODERATOR:
Thank you.
