DENVER, Colo. – When Kurt Busch joined Furniture Row Racing in mid October, the former NASCAR champion said the main goal for the final six Sprint Cup Series races would be for the driver and team to get to know each other and successfully prepare for the 2013 season.
“Anytime you start something new you have to work out the kinks,” said Busch. “And we have had our share of kinks to work out and have a few more to go, but overall we’ve made a big transition in a short period of time.”
Though the performances were better than the finishes in the past four races, Busch still managed to pull off a pair of eighth-place results in the last two events at Texas and Phoenix. The eighth-place finishes were the best back-to-back results in Furniture Row Racing’s history.
“After our first race together in Charlotte (finished 21st) we’ve had some strong runs in our Furniture Row/Farm American Chevrolet,” explained Busch. “Accidents that weren’t our fault stopped us from potential top-five finis
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