Busch to put Loudon race behind him

The 23-year-old had one of his worst races of the year, finishing 34th after a heim joint attaching the front sway bar of his Toyota broke early in the race. He was also involved in an incident with Jamie McMurray when both spun separately but ended up hitting each other.

"We've got to put last week behind us and look ahead to this week," said Busch. "Last week is over and there's nothing we can do about it. Steve (Addington, crew chief) and all the guys have given me great stuff this year, so one problem isn't going to deter me.

"I believe in these guys. Whenever we've had a bad race, we've been able to put it behind us the next week. We didn't have good races either time at New Hampshire, but the week after the first race there we came back and won at Daytona.

"We weren't good at Pocono either race, but won at Watkins Glen the week after the second Pocono race. This team has had a knack for forgetting about bad weeks quickly and hopefully we can do that this week, too."

Back in 2006, Jimmie Johnson started the Chase in second place but had a tough first race in the series' playoff, finishing only 39th. Despite that, he was able to come back from ninth place in the standing to claim his maiden Cup title.

Busch is similarly looking forward to start his climb in the standing next weekend at Dover, where he won his fourth race of the year despite the superiority of the Roush Fenway cars of title contenders Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle.

"We probably didn't have the best race car there in June," Busch said. "But, we were really good there on long runs and had a big day from the guys on pitroad. They really helped me with track position since there were so many green flag runs.

"They just kept us out front all day and that helped win it for us. Steve (Addington) kept working on the car and we got better and better. We really didn't start off the day with the car where we wanted it to be.

"It was just another example of why this team has gotten us to where we're at this year and we aren't going to give up."

The JGR driver is currently 74 points off Carl Edwards in the championship. After leading the standing since the second race of the year, Busch dropped 84 points behind following a difficult race at Martinsville, but regained the top spot four weeks later with consecutive top-ten finishes, including a win, a second and a third place.