Busch needs treatment following race

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — An overheated Kyle Busch received intravenous fluids Saturday following his driving stint in the Grand-Am race, then retreated to his motorhome to rest before NASCAR's 400-mile Sprint Cup event.

Busch, the defending race winner of NASCAR's Coke Zero 400, drove 70 minutes in his sports car series debut. He split the Chip Ganassi-owned ride with fellow NASCAR driver Scott Speed.

"Very, very, hot in those cars," Busch said. "Just the biggest thing was to get some fluids back in me since I know I lost a ton of fluids. The faster you can get to the medical center after getting out of the car, the faster I could get taken care of and get some rest before tonight's race."

A spokesman for Busch said the driver received the IV as a precautionary measure. Speed also received an IV following the race.

Patrick qualifies at Watkins Glen

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (AP) — Danica Patrick has always been the first to admit she struggles in qualifying on road and street courses. She might not have to say that anymore.

Patrick qualified eighth Saturday at Watkins Glen International, easily her best performance on three twisting circuits so far this year. Her fastest lap fell just short of getting her into the third and final round of qualifying for Sunday's Camping World Grand Prix.

"If I had thought about it this morning, I was going to be four-hundredths out of getting into the Fast Six, I would have said, 'Wow! That's pretty good,'" a smiling Patrick said afterward. "I'm happy with that.

"Whenever the competitor comes out in me and I think logically about what happened, if I didn't have so much understeer I probably would have been in," she said. "But coulda-shoulda-woulda. I'm sure everybody's got their story."

Patrick said her performance over the high-speed, 3.4-mile, 11-turn circuit seemed like a breakthrough of sorts. Especially in a two-day event like Watkins Glen.

"I finally feel like I can get on top of the car now and hustle it and do what I want to do with it instead of it driving me," said Patrick, just 5-foot-2 and 100 pounds. "That's a lot of comfort coming into these weekends, especially when you've got less track time to prepare."

Yankees starter injures shoulder

NEW YORK — Yankees starter Chien-Ming Wang left Saturday's game against the Toronto Blue Jays with a strained right shoulder.