Kurt Busch spent Thursday hanging out at Dodge headquarters in the Detroit suburbs, chatting up the employees and shaking hands. As the star of the only major NASCAR Sprint Cup team still driving Dodges, there's a special kinship between Penske Racing and the manufacturer, which is still trying to find its way through the rubble left by the economic downturn. "With the odds stacked up against you, you always feel like you're running an uphill battle," Busch said. Funny, it doesn't seem that way these days for Busch. The surging NASCAR veteran took the pole for Sunday's 400-mile race at Michigan International Speedway with an average speed of 189.984 mph, his second pole of the season. Jamie McMurray will start second and Jimmie Johnson third. http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/nascar/cup/news/story?id=5277670
