Kyle Busch is still the one

After Carl Edwards lost 100 points in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers standings, Kyle Busch regained the top spot and is in first place for the second straight week.
Edwards, the winner of the Cup race at Las Vegas, was penalized by NASCAR when it was discovered that a cover was off the oil reservoir in his car during post-race inspections. Edwards, who was leading the Cup standings, dropped to seventh and Busch moved back into first.
“It means we’re No. 1 – right now," said Busch, driver of the No. 18 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing. "It’s kind of the same scenario as last week. We’re happy to be where we are in the points, but at this stage in the year it doesn’t mean as much as it will if we’re still here with a couple weeks left in the season."
Busch is coming off a disappointing 11th place finish at Las Vegas. He won the pole, but ran into some tire troubles late in the race.
"We just have to stay focused and stay on top of the car and the race track for the entire race," Busch said. "We need to put the whole thing together, and if we do that each week, I feel good that this team will be able to stay where we are in the points. But there’s a long way to go for sure.”
The car Busch's team is bringing to Atlanta Motor Speedway, site of Sunday's Cup race, has never raced. Busch tested the car at Atlanta last year and logged the fastest lap of the two-day session.
But he has never finished better than 12th in a Cup race at Atlanta and was 32nd in last year's March race at the track.
Busch did win a Craftsman Truck Series race at Atlanta last year and he will be racing in the Truck Series, Nationwide Series and Cup Series this weekend.
“I am excited. It’s a fun race track," Busch said. "We’ve never been able to finish that well here in a Cup car, so you’d think I should probably not like this place too much, but I do like it.
"It seems like there’s always a close battle right at the end. We’re doing triple duty again with all three series this weekend so hopefully we can be in some of those close battles at the end and hopefully even pull out a win or two, or three – who knows?”