Are there differences in the superspeedway races at Daytona and Talladega?
“Really, I don’t even consider Daytona very much a superspeedway anymore — it’s gotten so rough. Handling is such a big thing. It’s almost like Talladega is its own beast. It’s much harder to get your setup right at Daytona versus Talladega. You go into the Talladega weekend and you pretty much consider it a weekend off for the crew guys. They never do much work on the cars. The driver is like, ‘The car is handling fine.’ At Daytona, it’s more thrashing.” How do you think the racing will change once Daytona is repaved? “I think you’ll see a better race with it repaved. You’re going to see a race similar to what you did at Talladega. You’ll see guys dicing it up. Daytona, over the last 10 years, you’ve really gotten strung out over the course of the race. I definitely think when they repave it you’re not going to see that anymore — you’re going to see everyone back in a tight pack.” KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing Does your approach at Daytona ch
