Lame duck or not, Tryson wants to win with Busch

Pat Tryson stepped out of his Penske Racing hauler Sunday evening in New Hampshire and he was a sight to behold.

He'd changed out of his royal blue race day uniform and was totally casual in street clothes. But what was most noticeable was his wide grin, which almost literally lit up the fast-falling dusk.

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You have to understand, New Hampshire is one of the most lemming-like locations on the NASCAR circuit. Men and women literally stream out of the place as quickly as they can, and as fast as they can walk, once the checkered flag falls.

But that wasn't the case for Tryson. He was hanging with his guys and he was loving life -- which was pretty easy on this evening.

Nearly two weeks ago, Tryson had met with his driver Kurt Busch and told him Homestead in November would be their last race together, at least for the near future. And Sunday as daylight faded at New Hampshire, Tryson could reflect on his team's second consecutive solid run.

And no matter which seemingly perplexing question he was asked, the grin never faded.

A visitor who'd stopped by to shake Tryson's hand shook his head and questioned whether, by the time nine more races are run, Tryson might be the most aggravated man in the Cup garage due to the incessant questions he'd face -- not only about performance, but also the psychological aspect of the game.

Tryson just grinned.

"I don't think so," Tryson said after emitting a bona fide horse laugh. "I think it'll all go away after a week or two -- especially if we continue to run good. We ran good today. We didn't quite finish the way we wanted to, but still it was a good day." (Continued)