Biffle is unbeaten in two strait races and is headed to a track in Kansas that he won at last year.

Speaking of Biffle, did you see the racing between him and the two other Roush/Fenway owned cars of Edwards (99) and Kenseth (17) at the end of the race last week? That was some very good racing let me tell you. Even 49 year-old Mark Martin in the DEI owned car (8) was able to run with them until his tires faded – that was nice to see.

This weekend’s race should prove to be just as good as last week’s because the track in Kansas has ‘weathered’ into a multi-grooved racing surface where drivers can run both the hi-line and the low with ease – providing they have their cars set-up properly.

Kansas is a 1.5 mile D-shaped oval with 15 degrees of banking in the corners. The spots to watch on the track are going into turn 1 where it has become more bumpy over the last few years, and the exits of turns 2 and 4 where the car tends to push towards the wall because the speeds that they carry coming out of the corners.

My prediction for this race is that it might turn into a fuel mileage event with few caution periods and if a team does not get the set-up right for long runs look for drivers to start running higher and higher on the track as the car will push more and more. The team that gets the set-up right for the long run should finish better than those who do better in the short runs, unless of course there is a late race caution that would set up a sprint for the finish.

Drivers to watch for at this track include Biffle, who won this race last year, Kansas native Clint Bowyer (07), Jeff Gordon (24), Tony Stewart (20), and Jimmie Johnson (48) – all of who run statistically well here.

One other driver to watch this weekend is Kyle Busch, who all but threw up the white flag after last week’s blown engine seal at Dover. In just two races Busch has lost 240 points to current leader Carl Edwards.

Even though, for the time being, Busch has taken himself out of contention for the Cup I feel that he is now more dangerous than ever.

Why? Because, he has nothing to loose.

There is no more pressure of being in first. He and his crew can afford to take gambles in car set-up and pit strategy and go for the win.

This is a good time for his team to go out and re-focus on the things that got them into the Championship in the first place, like winning races.

This Joe Gibbs Racing Team is capable of doing it too as Busch won the race in July at Chicagoland Speedway, which is nearly identical to Kansas Speedway. Chicagoland and Kansas Speedway are so close in their physical features that, at first glance, they could be twins - that’s how similar they are.

There are still 8 races remaining and anything can happen to anyone at anytime, I mean Patrick Carpentier (10) almost took out Cup contender Jimmie Johnson last week when he lost control of his car right next to Johnson’s. So don’t count Busch and his team just yet.

If there were just 4 or 5 races remaining I might start nailing the lid on the coffin shut of Busch’s Championship hopes, but not right now. There’s still hope, after all Jimmie Johnson came back from a similar deficit last year and won the Championship, so it isn’t out of the realm of possibility.

This situation has provided Kyle with a unique opportunity, to show everyone what he is made of. Now is the time for Kyle Busch to shine, and to prove to everyone how much he has matured as a person and a driver.