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- Kyle Busch (second) was the highest-finishing Toyota driver in Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at
Atlanta Motor Speedway. Busch led four times for 45 laps, and recorded his 15th top-two finish in 2009.

- Joey Logano (sixth), Kasey Kahne (11th), Brian Vickers (13th) and Michael Annett (14th) also posted top-15 finishes for
Toyota, while Camry drivers Trevor Bayne (16th), Jason Leffler (20th), Kelly Bires (32nd ) and Chase Miller (39th) were
also in the field.

- Busch now leads second-place Carl Edwards by 221 points in the unofficial NNS point standings.

Kyle Busch

Finishing Position: 2nd

Did Kevin Harvick have so much or were you off a bit tonight?

“I’m not sure. We were really on last year here. Man, the NOS Energy Drink Camry was good — I mean, it was really good.
But, (Kevin) Harvick was gone. It was just — what a non-race that was. Hopefully, it was a show there at the end. We were
running down Jr. (Dale Earnhardt) trying to get past him and he gave us both room. I could run the 33 (Kevin Harvick) down
or beat the 33 (Kevin Harvick) for 15 to 18 laps — after that I just didn’t have anything for him. Those guys were so good on
the long run. He just had it over us. We tried to short pit him. That only worked until they saw us come down pit road and
then they came the next lap. It didn’t quite work out great. I don’t think we really missed anything. We were ahead of third by
a mile. Man, the 33 (Kevin Harvick) was just great — flawless.”

Did you have a chance late in the race to close the gap with Kevin Harvick?

“Getting into (turn) three there coming to the white (flag) I was passing Jr. (Dale Earnhardt) and I just got in there way too
hard and slid up the track and I didn’t hook the bottom like I needed to and I lost two car lengths instead of gaining two car
lengths. If I could have gained two car lengths down there — two down there and two more down there — I would have been
right on his bumper coming to the checkered. Unfortunately, I lost those two and could never gain anything back.”

Are you satisfied with second-place tonight?

“For sure, with that 33 car (Kevin Harvick) the way it was. Man, that thing was fast. Just unbelievable, the 33 car was tonight.
That’s all we had. We had a second-place car today. We worked awfully hard on it in practice, trying to make it better. We
worked on it every pit stop there tonight. We had a good short run car. We had them beat for about 15 to 18 laps and then he’d
get by us and beat us in the long run. I’ll tell you what — the NOS Energy Drink guys did a great job today.”

Why do you think Kevin Harvick was so fast tonight?

“I don’t know, to be honest with you. He was just really, really good. It was the same thing that I’ve battled with him in the
truck races here. Earlier this year, he was so good on the long run. I could beat him for eight to 15 laps in the truck and he
would just be gone. I don’t know what they have that they’ve got that makes them so good. If it’s just a set of shocks or what.
I can’t imagine there’s that much specialness to a set of shocks. They were fast, so he deserved to win the truck races here a
couple times that I’ve actually stolen from him. He was really fast tonight unfortunately. I was trying to get there to steal
another from him but couldn’t quite make it.”

Did you lose speed or did Kevin Harvick gain speed for him to catch you?

“I would lose speed. His car would stay a little bit more consistent through the run than mine would. Mine, it just felt like it
lost grip at lap 18 or 20, whatever it was on a tire run. Whenever we would come in and put tires on it, about 18 laps later mine
would just lose grip. So I don’t know if our air pressures were too high, or maybe we could’ve started them a little bit lower. I
doubt it with the right-front minimum the way it is. That was just all we had. I had nine laps of fresh tires to try to catch him,
and I gained on him a lot. He was a straightaway ahead of me before we pitted. And we ended the race, I might’ve been eight
or 10 car lengths off of him. I just couldn’t quite get there.”

How was your race this evening?

“Our NOS Energy drink Camry just didn’t have anything for (Kevin) Harvick and the 33 guys. They did their work today, for
sure. They were really, really good. Unfortunately, all I needed was a Nationwide win here to continue my sweep of race
tracks and I still haven’t gotten it. We’ll have to keep continuing on with that. Unfortunately there, we were just short at the
end. We just didn’t have enough. We tried to short pit and gain some track position on them, but as soon as they see us come
down — they come down, too. So, you don’t gain a whole lot.”

How did the race cars handle tonight?

“They were definitely evil. The cars were really hard to drive. I can’t imagine what it felt like for some of the guys that were
slower. We ran second and mine was hard to drive. You just had to hit a particular lane. You just couldn’t search around. I
had to run the bottom. That’s all I could run. (Kevin) Harvick did the same thing. We were both kind of stuck at the bottom.
Our cars drove better than the rest of them, that’s for sure, tonight.”

Joey Logano

Finishing Position: 6th

Can you talk about the race tonight?

“We just weren’t as good as those first two cars. That’s it. We were a third-place car. That’s about it.”

What types of issues did your team face tonight?

“The tire was horrible. It made it really hard to drive. It was slick and it wore out. If you get loose one time, you’re screwed
for six laps until the tire cools down. It was pretty much a game of mistakes, and whoever made the least amount of mistakes
was the best. The first two cars were pretty good.”

KASEY KAHNE, No. 10 Fritos Toyota Camry, Braun Racing

Finishing Position: 11th

How was your car tonight?

“Turning was no problem. It would turn great. We just didn’t have enough side-bite. We kept working on that in practice and
throughout the race. That’s the only thing we were lacking on the 33 and the 18. Other than that, we were a third-place car. I
just screwed up and sped on pit road.”

Brian Vickers

Finishing Position: 13th

Can you talk about the race tonight?

“The Dollar General Toyota was really good at the beginning, just a little loose. Fixing the hose and starting in the back after
the first caution hurt us a lot. After that we kept getting more and more free and the track didn’t tighten up at all like you would
expect in a night race. The Dollar General crew never gave up tonight. It just wasn’t the finish we’d hoped for.”

MICHAEL ANNETT, No. 15 Pilot Travel Centers Toyota Camry, Germain Racing

Finishing Position: 14th

TREVOR BAYNE, No. 99 Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota Camry, Michael Waltrip Racing

Finishing Position: 16th

JASON LEFFLER, No. 38 Great Clips Toyota Camry, Braun Racing

Finishing Position: 20th

KELLY BIRES, No. 11 Ridemakerz.com Toyota Camry, CJM Racing

Finishing Position: 32nd

CHASE MILLER, No. 47 JTG-Daugherty Racing Toyota Camry, JTG-Daugherty Racing

Finishing Position: 39th

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