#41-Kurt Busch, met with members of the media at Phoenix and was asked about pit stall penalties:
Q) Regarding Pit Stall Issues at Texas last week and pit stall strategy in Phoenix this weekend.
Kurt Busch: “We knew our pit stall was doomed last week. We picked it with an opening behind us and then the #88 (Dale Earnhardt, Jr.) car had a penalty which meant he had to forfeit his pit road pit selection. So now we hope that NASCAR realizes that when you are penalizing a team for their pit road selection that it affects another team that is an innocent bystander. It makes no sense to penalize people on their pit selection. But we knew it was going to be an issue and we knew the 88 was going to run well and then our pit crew had a couple loose lugs there. I mean normal situations. We didn’t have anything out of the serious normal and it was just business as usual. We knew we were going to get blocked in a few times and we all tried to work around it. What compounded the issue was that the 88 would pit around us, and then the 16 would come around the 88. So anytime that you have three cars that are pulling in, in that order, it’s going to slow up all three teams. Gibson was animated, I was excited, we all wanted to get a better result out of it, but that is part of racing. That is part of working your way out of a full count sometimes.”(Team Chevy)(11-14-2015)
