Kyle Busch was able to race to the front of the pack in today's Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, but it was yesterday's performance that enabled him to do so.
"I tell everybody, 'The reason we run Nationwide and Truck Series races is to get more seat time'", said Busch in his post-race press conference. "Those 200 or so feet of track time we got yesterday really made the difference today. Without our Nationwide Series program, there was no way we'd have won today's race."
Busch, a regular "ringer" in the Nationwide and Truck Series throughout his career, ran near the front for one straightaway yesterday before colliding with Mike Wallace. Busch credits his dominating performance today to what he learned on Saturday.
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"Before I ran that Nationwide Series race, how was I to know that running into the back of another car wasn't a good idea?", said Busch. "We learned sooo much in those 10 seconds yesterday, I don't think you can really quantify it. I mean, I also learned to stay as far away from Wallaces as possible, but that's pretty easy nowadays in Cup."
Busch also seemed to gain an advantage by running the rest of yesterday's Zippo 200 several laps down in a badly-torn-up race car.
"Running a race car that's THAT damaged, it taught me that its not a good idea to run a race car that's THAT damaged", Busch continued to the media contingent. "That's why I had a note taped to my steering wheel before today's race that said, 'Don't wreck'."
Busch's performance seemed to leave most of the media members befuddled, except for a single Fox Sports executive.
"We're proud that Kyle Busch, owner of the Fox Sports 1 Toyota Tundra, was able to run Fox Sports 1 lap yesterday, then come in Fox Sports 1'st place today.", the executive yelled to anyone who'd listen. "Fox Sports 1--your new home for what today's young folks want to see in a sports network, like Regis Philbin and Jay Glazer!"