Kyle Busch Excited to Race High-Banked Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS (Dec. 8, 2006) – Testing tires can be pretty boring stuff for most drivers, but this week’s two-day Goodyear test at Las Vegas Motor Speedway left Kyle Busch excited. Busch, driver of the No. 5 Kellogg’s/CARQUEST Chevrolets, spent Wednesday and Thursday testing tires to help the tire manufacturer find the proper tire combination for the new 20-degree banking at LVMS. It will determine which tires Goodyear brings back for the NASCAR-sanctioned test Jan. 29-30 as well as for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series event on March 11. “There are a lot of neat characteristics to the track,” said Busch, a Las Vegas native. “It’s still pretty wide and a great racing surface. It’s wide enough that we’ll be able to run two and three wide. “The transitions from the corner to the straightaways and then the straightaways to the corners are awesome. It’s a great layout.” Unofficially, speeds neared 187 mph at the test.