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Kyle Busch and Jimmie Johnson speak to the press about making the Chase after the Chevy Rock and Roll 400 at RIR. (Jerry Markland/Getty Images Photo) ยป More Photos
Kyle Busch, the NASCAR Sprint Cup points leader, and two-time defending series champion Jimmie Johnson, Sunday’s Chevy Rock ‘N’ Roll 400 winner at Richmond International Raceway are two of the favorites to win this year’s championship.
Busch, Johnson and Carl Edwards have combined to win 18 of 26 races in NASCAR’s now-concluded regular season. Busch and Johnson appeared together at RIR following Sunday’s race, sharing their thoughts on the afternoon and the upcoming Chase for the Sprint Cup, which will determine the series champion for 2008. Excerpts follow.
Jimmie, congratulations, and obviously it looks like you're starting to get your game on at the right time.
JIMMIE JOHNSON: We are. You know, very, very happy with the performance today. Great, great fight throughout the entire day. Momentum is certainly something we are looking at and trying to carry, but more than anything, I think we are just confident in our stops and what I'm doing on the track, and the way we can adjust on the car. We even showed up here a bit off in practice on Friday and worked throughout the practice and got it right. So very, very proud of the effort.
Are you the favorite now?
JIMMIE JOHNSON: I'm trying to show up at next week's race scared, worried about 11 other guys, and worry about doing my part. And the thing, like I said a minute ago, is I have confidence in what my abilities are and what my team is capable of and the packages we have put together in the last five or six months, short track, big track, all of it. So you know, there's a lot of cars, and with 10 races to go you look at Roush and the 88 (Dale Earnhardt Jr.) and the
Kyle Busch is here. Your thoughts starting out as the top seed.
KYLE BUSCH: It's a lot better to be at the top than it is down at the bottom. That makes it look a lot prettier from our seat. Just to go out there and run consistently in the final 10 races and race these other 42 guys that are in the racetrack with us and yet still keep track or try to outrace the other 11 that we are trying to beat out for the championship here.
We know it's going to be a tough race and it's not going to be easy, and we have the 48 (Johnson) and 99 (Edwards) most to worry about and anybody that could hit on stride. The 88 was really good at the beginning and you never know what Gordon will do and (Matt) Kenseth — all of these guys are capable of something.
Kyle, you walked in as someone was asking Jimmie if he's the favorite and you said, yes. Sarcasm, or do you truly believe that?
KYLE BUSCH: I was just being sarcastic. I was answering the question for him. They have been strong. If I was in Jimmie's spot, I'd say, ‘Heck, yeah.’ We feel like the 99, with the races that are coming up, you know, I believe there's like five mile and a half tracks in the finals, and you know, we know that the Hendrick guys are always tough at the Martinsville track and Phoenix and the Toyotas seem to run well at the restrictor plate tracks. But anything can happen with five mile and a halves with the way the 48 and 99 have run this year, it's going to be hard to beat those guys there.
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