First time's a charm for Kyle Busch

Kyle Busch won the first race of his Cup career at California Speedway. In six Cup races at the track, he has only finished outside the top 10 once, and that was in his first race at the track in 2005. Coincidentally, he won the pole for that race in 2004 at California Speedway.
Busch is with a new team, driving a new Toyota and using NASCAR's new Car of Tomorrow in the race. Still he's hoping his old winning ways remain. But Busch said it won't be easy.
“That place is tough," said Busch, driver of the No. 18 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing. "It’s really a hard race track to get hold of, now, especially when it’s hot and the sun is out. There are two completely different types of racing when you run the top versus the bottom groove. You can run from the top to the bottom, but when you run the bottom you really feel like you’re puttering around the race track. You feel like you aren’t making up any time on the bottom, but when you are running the top groove you feel like you’re getting the job done. The guys who run the bottom have a little bit more patience and handle it better than the guys who are on the gas on top.”
Busch should know his way around the track by now. After winning the race in 2005, he knows it doesn't take the fastest car to win a race at California Speedway.
“We ran in the top-five all day long, but we really didn’t think we had a winning car," Busch said. "When we got the lead a few times throughout the race, we just pulled away and led by quite a bit. It was really cool to have a really dominant race car. I remember having to drive the car really loose. That was the loosest I think I’ve ever driven a race car that was still moving forward. It was crazy because I came over the radio and told the guys I couldn’t believe how loose I have to drive the car. But it was fast.”