Ready to Go with Furniture Row

It’s safe to say that Kurt Busch is comfortable with his new team. The brash, sometimes short-fused driver was patient and content as he lounged on a couch at the Furniture Row Racing press conference at the Sprint Media Tour on Tuesday morning.

“This is the most comfortable I’ve ever felt [going into a season]. I mean check out our setting here: relaxed couch, veteran group of guys up on stage and we all have that desire to do something special together,” said Busch. “We’re based west of the Mississippi, and we’re doing it a little different, but we all believe we can produce the results.”

That confidence in production comes from the Denver, Colo.-based Furniture Row’s affiliation with the Welcome, N.C.-based Richard Childress Racing. Busch, crew chief Todd Berrier, general manager Joe Garone and Mark McArdle, the team’s director of competition, all noted the advantage of working with a big team, especially with the new Gen-6 car. But Busch also understands the value of the small team and the advantages it gives them heading into 2013.

“We have a small boat that can navigate through the waters more quickly, versus a mothership like Hendrick or RCR where they have a lot of people and infrastructure, and it takes a lot of e-mails and meeting to make things move,” said Busch. “We can just take what we need from Childress and do our own little things. It creates that lighter footstep where we can navigate more quickly. That’s one of the upsides to being a smaller, competitive operation.”

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