Busch says cars not as good as last year

Kyle Busch was NASCAR's hottest driver at this time last year, winning on the road course at Sonoma for his fifth Sprint Cup Series win of the season. This year Busch is tied with Mark Martin for a series-high three wins. He hasn't won since May at Richmond, and he's had just one top-10 finish in the five races since. But a team meeting last week – sans teammates Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano – has Busch convinced that Joe Gibbs Racing can get back on a roll. Owner Joe Gibbs, president J.D. Gibbs and Busch sat down with the crew chiefs and engineers from the three-team organization. "We just all sat down and talked about what my feelings were in the car and where I felt like we were struggling at and why I felt we were struggling," Busch said. "We need to get our cars better, that's the biggest thing. Our cars aren't as good as they were last year. Hopefully, the meeting we had will solve some of that and we can continue to get better and learn from some of the mistakes we've made this year."