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Busch Seeks First Talladega Win
- Updated: October 20, 2016
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Kurt Busch is looking to reverse a trend at Talladega Superspeedway that’s kept him out of Victory Lane.
Busch has never won at the 2.66-mile superspeedway during his 17-year Sprint Cup Series career. In fact, the Stewart-Haas Racing driver is 0 for 62 at both Talladega and sister restrictor-plate track Daytona International Speedway.
It’s a statistic he’s well aware of and eager to change this weekend in the Hellmann’s 500.
“I have yet to win one of the points-paying races at a restrictor-plate racetrack,” Busch states. “This one is tough because it’s a Chase race. We can’t have a wreck take us out of advancing through the Chase. One year in the Chase, I tried going for a win, got spun at the end and kicked myself for years afterward. In 2009, I was going for a win instead of just trying to ride it out for a better finish and it took me from second in points back to fourth. Over the years, Talladega has turned into a points-gathering race in the fall.”
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