KURT BUSCH URGING FANS TO HELP NAME HIS CELEBRATION LAP
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MOORESVILLE, N.C. (March 11, 2009) – Miller Lite Dodge driver Kurt Busch says he has been “just blown away” by the attention he has received from his special celebratory “Victory Lap” after winning last Sunday’s Kobalt 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

            After dominating the race and picking up his first victory of the 2009 NASCAR season, Busch celebrated the win by stopping at the finish line, grabbing the checkered flag, throwing his Miller Lite Dodge Charger in reverse and backing around the entire track to show his appreciation to all the fans.

            “It has been unbelievable – I’ve been just blown away by it all,” Busch said of the response from his post-race antics after recording his 19th career NASCAR Sprint Cup victory.  “It’s amazing to see the attention it (the celebration lap) has gotten.  We’ve done hundreds of media interviews since Sunday and every time it’s inevitable that they’ll get around to wanting to discuss our unusual victory lap.

            “We were doing Eli’s radio show on Tuesday night when we decided we were going to ask the fans to help us put an official name on our lap,” Busch said of his appearance on “NASCAR LIVE,” the MRN Radio program hosted by Eli Gold.  “Doug Rice and I were already talking about doing something special with it when I called in to ‘Fast Talk’ on PRN on Monday night.

            “So we’ve decided to ask the fans to log on to our site (www.kurtbusch.com), follow the story to the link, click on it and give us your suggestions,” said Busch.  “After discussing the situation with my staff, we’ve actually decided to make a nice little contest out of it.  We’re urging the fans to participate and I can’t wait to review their suggested names for the lap.

            “We’ll send the winner a nice gift basket and that one lucky fan will always have the bragging rights for naming the lap,” said Busch.  “We’ll announce the winning entry on Friday at Bristol (March 20).”

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Email your ideas to Kristy Cloutier at kristy@kurtbusch.com.  One lucky race fan will be able to say they named the lap.  The winning name and the race fan name will be announced on our website and Kurt will talk about it on national television.  The winning race fan will receive a Kurt Busch gift basket.  Good luck to everyone.  Send your emails by March 18, 2009.