#22-Kurt Busch spent all day Wednesday testing his NHRA Pro Stock dragster on Bradenton (FL) Motorsports Park’s quarter-mile dragstrip. Under the watchful eye of Allen Johnson, his savvy veteran Mopar teammate, Busch clocked in with a fast run of 6.580-second elapsed time at 210.940 mph. Johnson had already posted an eye-popping 6.498-second ET at 213.060 mph on Tuesday for an unofficial record run. “That was a run that we can be proud of,” said Busch, who will be attempting to make his big-league NHRA debut during the 41st NHRA Gatornationals on March 11-13 at Gainesville Raceway. “That run would be plenty fast enough to get us qualified at Gainesville and we’re confident we are ready to go.” Busch was so determined to get in a day of drag racing practice prior to Thursday’s NASCAR Media Day in Daytona that he flew directly from a sponsor appearance in California on Tuesday night and made it to the drag strip early Wednesday morning. More information and photo links from Wednesday’s session can be found at Tom Roberts PR Twitter.(2-10-2011)
