Kurt Busch Team Quotations

This 51 Phoenix Racing team, I love them to death. They've got my back, I've got theirs.

I can just feel the team has a stronger intensity level. All of us went out to the start-finish line at Richmond and kissed that start-finish line and kissed that race track . . . We all felt very complete by that win and now we want some more.

I'm still contractually obligated to drive this car in 2005 and in 2006. I told Jack (Roush) that. I signed with a different team for 2007 because of opportunities and timing.

We don't know what 2006 has in store. Right now, it's time for this team to shine and hopefully back up our championship that we won last year.

When you're a team that's won a championship, people look at you and how you did it and what your approach could be.

That's exactly what we're hoping for this time around - another great day and a super team effort. We definitely plan on starting up closer to the front than we did there that day.

There wouldn't be any way I could have jumped into Cup with the success I had without the truck series. I wish I had more time to spend there. There are so many things the truck teaches you about aerodynamics, the professional ranks of racing, and working with a professional team.

For a team that's new, we're just feeling each other out and getting comfortable.

It seems the young Jedi has done well. He learns quick - he's putting all his knowledge from his own team and what I've given him to work with.

It's a good and a bad thing we're here testing at Richmond. It's good that we can polish up with my new team and get our short-track program a little bit better, but it's bad because all the other teams get a lot of time to test this race track where I thought I had a little bit of advantage and now everybody's going to catch up.

I appreciate all that Jack Roush and the team has done for me and the professionalism shown in reaching an agreement with me on the release, ... I am excited about what lies ahead.