Kyle Busch earned his
sixth NNS victory of 2008 in
tonight's race at ORP after
leading 197 of 200 laps.
Joey Logano finished eighth
at ORP giving him his fifth
top-10 in the six NNS races
this season. Other Camry
drivers in the field
included Jason Leffler
(16th), Mike Wallace (17th),
David Reutimann (26th) and
James Buescher (28th). This
was 15th win for Toyota this
season in NNS competition.
Joe Gibbs Racing's (JGR)
Nos. 18 and 20 Camrys now
hold the record for most NNS
wins in a single season with
14 total victories. JGR wins
this season include Tony
Stewart (five), Busch
(five), Denny Hamlin (three)
and Logano (one). Four Camry
drivers currently rank in
the top-15 in the unofficial
NNS point standings
following Gateway --
Reutimann (fourth), Busch
(seventh), Wallace (eighth)
and Leffler (11th).
KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 Z-Line
Designs Toyota Camry, Joe
Gibbs Racing Finished: 1st
Can you put into words the
performance of this team in
2008? "Man, what a great car
and what a great team. Joe
Gibbs Racing - it's no
wonder that we've won this
many races this year. The
guys just come to the race
track prepared. There wasn't
much that we changed on this
thing from where we
unloaded. I'm so proud of
Jason Ratcliff (crew chief)
and everybody at the shop,
they made this weekend
worthwhile."
How were you able to
overcome the rule change and
still pull into victory
lane? "I was kind of
disappointed. I feel like
those 15 horsepower cost me
the pole. I really want to
thank all my competitors out
there for the complaining
they did because they gave
me some traction control.
That was nice. Tonight we
had better traction control
all night long. I felt like
that was a good key for us
by being able to get off the
corners a little bit better.
All around we'll see how it
goes at the big tracks."
How were you able to
control so much of tonight's
race? "It was awesome and
it's great to be a part of
this team. Jason Ratcliff
(crew chief) and all these
boys showed up to the race
track with a great race car.
We didn't' change much off
the truck and that's what
made our night. We were good
off the bat and were able to
tune on it and get it
better. I have to thank
everybody at Joe Gibbs
Racing - everybody on this
Nationwide team that works
so hard around JGR."
Was this a disappointing
week with NASCAR's engine
rule announcement? "It's
just been a tremendous year
for us. The opportunity that
I've had a Joe Gibbs Racing
and all the guys there.
Everybody in the Nationwide
shop and the Cup shop as a
whole and Toyota has really
stepped it up this year.
We've really come ready to
play. We wanted to come out
here and get a little sweet
revenge on everybody. It
turned out that way and
worked out in our favor,
fortunately for us. For me
it's been a dream season all
around and we're still
running and still able to
win races so that's been the
greatest fact."
What would your race have
been like if the change from
this week wasn't made? "We
probably would have sat on
the pole and had more wheel
spin up off the corner,
that's about it. It kind of
worked in our favor here
tonight. I'm not complaining
about it, I'm just saying
they sort of gave us an
advantage here for ORP. It's
going to come down to next
week and seeing what all we
have. Joey (Logano) is going
to go run the Nationwide
race for JGR up in Montreal
so hopefully he'll have some
good luck up there and be
able to bring home a solid
finish. We'll see what the
Toyotas bring to the table
there and hopefully it's a
good enough package that
we've been able to catch up
a little bit this week and
getting some more power back
in the car. We're really
looking forward to getting
that all back when we get to
Michigan."
JASON RATCLIFF, Crew
Chief, No. 18 Z-Line Designs
Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs
Racing Was this a
disappointing week with
NASCAR's engine rule
announcement? "I don't know
if it's been a tough week,
but it has been a
disappointing week. We've
got just a great group of
people and I think it shows
with this being 14 wins for
us at the Joe Gibbs Racing
Nationwide program. It's all
about the people here and I
think this week that got
over looked a little bit.
People felt like we had
advantages in other places
and they're going to have a
tough time taking them all
away. It's a great job. Kyle
(Busch) got to come in and
do the first practice and
then go back to the
Brickyard. We were able to
set the car up right and
Kyle had a great starting
spot. That's 50 percent of
it here at ORP. It's just
starting up front and
keeping track position."
JOEY LOGANO, No. 20
GameStop Toyota Camry, Joe
Gibbs Racing Finished: 8th
Was this place tough to pass
on, or did you just battle
the handling of your car? "I
just didn't have the car to
do anything. The 18 car
(Kyle Busch) must have been
stout - I didn't see him all
night. We just tried to get
what we could get out of it.
We just could never get it
right."
What problems were you
battling with your race car?
"We just had no overall bite
and we were stupid loose off
the corner. We were tight a
little bit in the center,
but we just didn't have any
forward bite."
What did you learn in
tonight's race that might
help you later this season?
"You have to take what you
can get out of it. We came
in and took four tires late
just to see what we could
get. It's eighth- place.
It's not anything special,
but I guess for what we had,
it's the best we were going
to do."
JASON LEFFLER, No. 38
Great Clips Toyota Camry,
Braun Racing Finished: 16th
MIKE WALLACE, No. 7 GEICO
Toyota Camry, Germain Racing
Finished: 17th
DAVID REUTIMANN, No. 99
Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota
Camry, Michael Waltrip
Racing Finished: 26th
JAMES BUESCHER, No. 32
FOE/Braun Ability Toyota
Camry, Braun Racing
Finished: 28th