FORT WORTH, Texas --- Kyle Busch 's new crew chief knows what's coming.
Dave Rogers also knows it won't do any good to worry about being on the receiving end of the demanding driver's first tirade.
"I'm probably going to take some beatings from him," Rogers said. "We all know that he can be verbal, and I'm probably going to have a give a few back. It's going to be a good working relationship."
Busch and Rogers make their debut in today's Sprint Cup race at Texas.
Joe Gibbs Racing announced last week that Steve Addington would be replaced as Busch's crew chief after last weekend's event at Talladega.
Addington and Busch, known for berating his crew when he doesn't like his car or the pit efforts, won 12 times in 68 races since the start of 2008. That included four wins this year, but the duo narrowly missed the Chase for the Championship in part because of 12 finishes outside the top 20.
The change from Addington to Rogers came after consecutive top-10s from the 24-year-old driver. Still, Busch seemed to understand the change. Now he's gearing up for it.
"It's going to take time to really work into a great relationship," Busch said. "Him learning the cars, me learning him and getting the communication going. When you have good race cars, you have a guy that you've talked to, you seem to be able to get a lot accomplished."
GO, KURT, GO: An Oklahoma man has a vested interest in Kurt Busch winning today's race.
Michael McGee, of Broken Bow, Okla., was named the Dickies American Worker of the Year in October in Las Vegas. He won $50,000 and will take home $1 million if Kurt Busch wins.
The 25-year-old McGee ended up with Busch by picking him in a random drawing of the 12 Chase for the Championship drivers.
NATIONWIDE SERIES: Kyle Busch keeps extending streaks at Texas in search of a NASCAR first.
Busch won his fourth consecutive Nationwide Series race at the 11/2-mile, high-banked track Saturday. It was another dominating victory, coming a day after winning the fifth truck race in his past five starts in the series this season.
He will try to complete an unprecedented trifecta today and become the first driver to win all three of NASCAR's national series on the same weekend.
"We're going to make it three tomorrow," Busch said.
Busch is 0 for 9 in Sprint Cup races at Texas, where finished 18th in April.
It was Busch's eighth Nationwide victory this year, and extended his points lead to 272 over Carl Edwards with two races left. Busch, who has won 29 times in 171 career Nationwide starts, only has to finish 15th next week at Phoenix to clinch the season championship.
SPARK PLUGS: Two-time Texas winner Jeff Burton skipped the Nationwide race after a hard crash during Sprint Cup practice Friday. He said team owner Richard Childress made the decision for precautionary reasons. ... Texas native Bobby Labonte (Corpus Christi) will go for his 200th top-10 today. He would be the 26th driver to reach that mark.
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