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Kurt Busch and Ford Clinch NASCAR Title
Staff, Monday November 22, 2004.
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Busch finished fifth in the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway behind teammate Greg Biffle, with championship rivals Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon second and third on the day.
Over the 36-race season Busch finished just eight points in front of Johnson with a further eight points back to Gordon.
In what was a remarkable race, Busch had to battle back from a broken wheel that saw him enter pitlane on three wheels and narrowly miss a concrete wall.
?It's unbelievable to be able to put such an effort into what it takes to make a championship calibre team,? said Busch.
?This is what a team does to win a championship - they persevere on a day such as this. This is for Jimmy Fennig (Crew Chief).
?All year long we've done things like this, whether we put ourselves in a hole or whether we had a small problem, I just can't believe we were able to overcome all of that turmoil today.
?Jack Roush is just a true competitor. He's a racer from the word go and that's who I modelled myself after when I got to this point?
The driver's championship is the seventh all-time for Ford in NASCAR's top division and marks the second time that the manufacturer has won back-to-back titles when David Pearson took the crown in 1968 and ?69.
Busch joins John Force (NHRA Top Fuel Funny Car) and Sebastien Bourdais (CART Champ car) as Ford's other major series champions so far in 2004. Marcos Ambrose (Pirtek Racing) has the chance of adding his name to that list at the final round of the V8 Supercar Championship Series at Sydney?s Eastern Creek on December 4-5.
Since debuting in 1998, Taurus has won 83 NASCAR Nextel Cup races, three driver's championships (1999, 2003 and 2004) and three manufacturer's championships (1999, 2000 and 2002).
It is Jack Roush's second NASCAR Nextel Cup championship, in addition to one NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (2000 with Greg Biffle) and one NASCAR Busch Series title (2002 with Biffle).
?I fully expected with the new engine program and the new Ford our cars could be a factor this year,? said Roush.
?My heart stopped when I saw how close he was to the pit wall. We didn?t expect to win two championships in a row with all the hazards that are out there.
?It's incredibly hard to do this. I'm just glad to have had a chance to win it twice with Kurt and with Matt Kenseth. I look forward to repeats for Kurt or Matt and our other guys in the future.?
Greg Biffle's triumph in the Ford 400 was his third career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series win and second of the season (Michigan in August).
The win also marked Ford's 10th of the season, that is three more than last season.
Ford now has 554 all-time series wins while Taurus has posted 84 points victories
Eight of Ford's 10 race wins in 2004 came courtesy of Roush Racing (Kurt Busch, 3; Greg Biffle, 2; Matt Kenseth, 2; and Mark Martin, 1).
NASCAR re-groups in February for the start of the 2005 season with the famous Daytona 500.
For Further information contact:
Ben Beazley
Media Coordinator
Ford Racing Australia
Phone: 03 9359 8190
Mobile: 0417 262 753
Email: benb@global-marketing.com
