Kurt Busch seems to be getting back to the way he once was... dominant.

The elder Busch placed a fourth place finish at Daytona International Speedway in the Coke Zero 400 on Saturday night.

Busch looks to be getting his ducks back in a row lately. He collected the win at the previous week’s race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway when he neglected to go into pit road like the rest of the field.

The opposite seemed to be the key at Daytona. Busch decided to come into pit road for momentous alterations after deciding that he was not going to compete for the win.

“You normally don’t do that. We just fought all day with making changes trying to make our car better. It was about the same setup that we had here in February and [the setup] showed up right there at the end tonight.”

Busch noted that he is extremely comfortable when he is racing in the lead pack.

“The more I’m right in the middle of the lead pack, the more comfortable I am in the car,” Busch said. “I feel like I learn something each time I’m in that position, especially how to survive it and get a good finish out of it.”

The finish on Saturday night marked his fourth Top-10 of the season, making you wonder where the 2004 Cup Champion went. That competitor is surfacing once again, and things are looking better for the No. 2 Penske Racing team.

“[It was] a great finish for our Dodge,” said Busch. “It was a hard-fought day. We came into the pits and changed a right front shock, which you don’t normally do. We changed the left side-track bar and that takes wrenches out of your tool box.

“To finish with two top-fives in a row is a good twist of fate for our team and we’ll try to build on it,” Busch said.