Kyle Busch: For Every Problem, There’s an Opportunity

In the face of bitter disappointment, one might be able to take comfort in the old saying, “For every problem there is an opportunity.” Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 18 Doublemint® Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR), is certainly disappointed since he now faces the next 10-race stretch of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule without being part of the 12-driver Chase for the Championship. Even tougher to take is the fact he and the Doublemint team missed the Chase by a mere three points after a disappointing 16th-place finish in last Saturday night’s 26th and final race of Sprint Cup’s regular season at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway. But, for their part, Busch, crew chief Dave Rogers and the entire No. 18 team have decided that, despite not making the Chase, there are three key opportunities that lie ahead before the checkered flag waves at the season-ending race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It all starts with Sunday’s Geico 400 Sprint Cup event at the 1.5-mile Chicagola...