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Say the valley of the sun as the valley of Jeff Gordon he. To Victory Lane and win.

From the -- surrounding Phoenix international raceway amazing reaction on track has been pretty good as well.

A new era began in this weekend the new look.

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Plotting of changes no doubt about it the configuration of flat mildly unique backstretch totally different. And of course and all -- track's surface that meant a whole new set of challenges for teams during practice today. The opening session of the.

Again well let Kyle Busch getting in his race car first time he had been there since a couple of weeks ago and.

Problem is very quickly for driver eighteen.

Voters go to -- I went to go to the gap -- for a event and started moving over here and at home.

You know what that means he started the back on Sunday afternoon.

At PIR on the track there's Carl Edwards major championship leader with 34 in the opening practice for the weekend.

Then there's Jimmie Johnson this guy. Amazing at Phoenix that he was 33. In the opening session.

Kevin Harvick former winner at the desert mile.

He was an outstanding at practice 42 is where he was Tony Stewart trying to run down a championship. -- that's a Phoenix win under his belt. Eleven -- where he was in the opening session of the weekend.

How about a non chaser at the top of the board that would be one Jeff Burton quickest in the opening session today.

From all the big story that we can't let sitting at the Bob Dylan.

So the focus changes for the eighteen team and Kyle Busch from what they dealt with all weekend long to the job at hand. And that job is winning Sunday's race here at Phoenix international raceway. But as you guys mention it didn't start off that well here Phoenix obviously an engine malfunction -- have to change engines before recording. A lap on the racetrack now I spoke to GDR -- make Carney told me it was a loose rocker arm. They don't know how it got that way but that was the culprit and because of that engine swap Kyle Busch will have to start at the rear of the field for Sunday's race. And also because that that's like Kyle and crew chief Dave Rogers decided to go with race strategy and try to get this car balanced out in that first practice session. But the problem for Kyle Busch and Dave Rogers is this car -- so many others here in the garage area. Very very tight down in turns one and two down in turn three and four as well but also on the dogleg. This is the new configuration here at Phoenix and everybody has been puzzled by it so they need to get this car -- just a little bit better it's a long way to go and a short time to get there were westbound we were watching rowdy run. The -- the top.

Dan in practice earlier today you know that's a theme here. Lot of non chasers let's look at the guys that are in the chase Matt Kenseth second and get a -- with former winner in the fifth position Kurt Busch rounding out the top -- in the big topic of conversation. After practice. But it track surface and it was met by -- would.

Views from the driver's. Well I'm pleasantly surprised at the racetrack I think that down the group is writing now. And like we hope to win I think we're gonna see a better race here this weekend and what people. I anticipated at the beginning or even I anticipated I do like new configuration I think it's very racing's -- race that. You're you're definitely -- A good race because he -- his one and out in the wherever -- sticking to the right track.

I mean I think racism it's really hard. I think thousands earlier hard until the groove widens and it -- them -- but I I'm weakness on the comes around there pretty good. A pitcher and I think they've come -- and -- I've proven them don't Graham for and I think that's -- you -- see anybody. I'm you got some point somebody's gonna have to run up there you know when it wasn't what you know when we got side by side in the start of the race. Somebody -- outside and somebody you know. It's gonna go -- of those deals and and may be okay.

get batters -- you just taking it rubber lining out to groove a little bit and now I'm really excited to watch the nationwide race just to see how the race plays out. Jack gave us a lot more confidence this time around. You know being one of the guys to do their original tire test. It's so tough because there's just one little patch on the racetrack where we are running because everything else is very dusty and dirty with oil coming out. It made it real -- so this time -- very forgiving and it's not gonna have a good -- doing at least.