Kyle Busch on letting performance dictate playoff standings amid recent struggles: "Points will take care of themselves"

Kyle Busch and the #8 crew at Richard Childress Racing have not had the smoothest start to the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season. Returning to Talladega Superspeedway this weekend as the defending champion, the 38-year-old driver kicks off his race starting in P4 at the 2.5-mile-long track.

Elaborating during a pre-race interview with Bob Pockrass on how the #8 crew and Busch himself plan on racing during the GEICO 500, the Las Vegas, Nevada native laid down the team's focus for the weekend.

Kyle Busch elaborated on how he and his crew at Richard Childress's racing outfit continue to focus on stage points like every other team and driver during superspeedway races. Along with the same, he also touched on how points come secondary once a team can execute at a high level and said:

"I mean, I think with speedway racing and saving fuel trying to shorten your pitstop, you're always racing for stage points, everybody is. They are all trying to spend the least amount of time on pit road for the second half of the runs in order to get a better finishing position, whether it's stages or end of race."

Kyle Busch added:

"Points will take care of themselves if you run better and run well and can get stage points and get good finishes, then they'll take care of themselves. We obviously haven't been doing that lately."

It remains to be seen if Kyle Busch can manage to win once again this year as the 2024 GEICO 500 goes live today at 3:00 pm ET.

Kyle Busch touches on improved performance ahead of 2024 Talladega Cup race

Speaking to the media after qualifying in P4 for the 2024 GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, Richard Childress Racing and Kyle Busch could be the ones to turn their season around at the 2.5-mile-long oval this Sunday.

Defending champion at the venue from last year, Busch elaborated on how RCR's performance on superspeedway-style tracks has also allowed the former champion to excel at events that have a certain amount of luck built into them.

He elaborated on the same to racer.com's Kelly Crandall and said:

"It’s an opportunity race for everybody, right? But I think it is for us as well, too, just having good stuff at these places. It seems the cars have an easier time or a better opportunity of making something happen on their own than where I previously was."

The 500-mile-long event kicks off from Talladega Superspeedway today at 3:00 pm ET.