#78-Kurt Busch is saying hello to NASCARs Chase, goodbye to thoughts of competing in IndyCars season-ending race at Auto Club Speedway. Busch had hoped to use an IndyCar race this season as a trial run for next years Indianapolis 500. But a sponsor hasnt been secured, and the deadline to order a Chevrolet engine has passed. Meanwhile, the Chase begins Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway, and Busch is positioned for a run at his second series championship. ‘It was something that was very important in the month of May this year; its not as important with it being the middle of September right now’ he said Thursday of driving an Indy car. Busch said it doesnt ‘eliminate” the possibility of running the 500, one of his bucket-list items.( Autoweek )
