Kyle Busch falls short of 3-peat

MIKE HARRIS
AP Auto Racing Writer

Published: February 25, 2008

(AP) - New series leader Kyle Busch couldn’t pull off the three-peat he was hoping for.
After winning the Craftsman Truck Series race on Saturday, the new Joe Gibbs Racing driver said he hoped to be able to add victories in the Cup race and in the Nationwide Series event that followed Monday’s Cup event.
He couldn’t pull it off.
“It’s a good championship points day,” the hard-driving 23-year-old said. “It was pretty cool out there to run the way we did in our Toyota. Unfortunately, we didn’t have quite the car to get up there and contend with those boys at the end.”
Busch finished behind race winner Carl Edwards and his former teammates at Hendrick Motorsports, Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon.
“It was cool to run with the 24 (Gordon) and 48 (Johnson) like that,” Busch said. “We aren’t teammates anymore, but still we respect each other. That was fun.
“When you don’t have a winning car, all you can ask for is a top-five, so it’s cool,” he added. “The ultimate goal is to be in first place in the points all year.”