In doing so, he clinches four race wins and second in the year-end standings. Busch is the perfect risk to take in terms of a Winston Cup driver. Like Jack Roush has said, if Busch stumbles, he has a few years to go back to a developer series and polish his skills and then return. He stumbled again with quality equipment from Roush Racing during 1997-2000. At 37 years of age, Chad Little is a dying breed in the Winston Cup scene.
Few people get one chance at stock car racing's elite, much less two.
Chad Little has had his shot, and frankly, he's blown it. Actually, Kurt Busch blew it for him. Mark Martin, Jeff Burton, and Matt Kenseth were there to win. Someone apparently didn't tell Kurt Busch. In his first five races with the No. 97 team, Kurt Busch consistently ran in the top 20 and qualified well.