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Biffle and Brewco Record Sixth Second Place Finish of Season

 

KANSAS CITY, KS (October 8) - Despite leading a race high 136 laps, Greg Biffle and his Brewco Motorsports teammates had to settle for a second place finish in Saturday's United Way 300 at Kansas Speedway.  Biffle, driver of the #66 SUBWAY® Ford, dominated most of the 200 lap race, but ultimately found himself in a heated last lap battle with eventual race winner Kasey Kahne.  Biffle would cross the finish line 0.30-seconds behind Kahne, the fifth closest finish in Busch Series history.  The finish was Biffle's sixth runner-up finish of the season.  Despite being disappointed by the outcome of the race, Team Brewco moved from sixth to fifth in NASCAR Busch Series owner's standings.

 

Crew chief Newt Moore took a gamble prior to Saturday's United Way 300 at Kansas Speedway.  Unloading a car that had never been on the track is always a risk especially when the alternative was to race a car that has posted four second place finishes in 2005.  "We were tired of finishing second, we had to try something.  This car is modeled after the other one, with a few minor body changes.  It's always a risk to race an untested car, but we have a lot of faith in our body hanger and fab shop," Moore added. 

 

Despite a few worries in practice, Moore and Biffle worked diligently to get the #66 SUBWAY® Ford dialed in prior to Busch Pole qualifying.  "There were definitely a few bugs to be worked out, but by the end of practice I think we have this car right where we want it," Biffle added.  In one of their better qualifying efforts of the season, Team Brewco managed to secure the seventh place starting spot, with Brewco teammate David Green locking in the sixth position.

 

At the drop of the green flag, Biffle quickly realized he had a fast sled underneath him.  Patiently knocking off position after position, the 2002 NBS champion worked his way to third place by lap 29.  Biffle made his first pit stop of the day on lap 30.  In third and out second, he returned to the race with four fresh tires and a freed up racecar.  The changes proved successful, as Biffle took the lead from Martin Truex Jr. on lap 45.

 

From that point forward there was no looking back, Biffle quickly built an impressive six second led over second place and showed no signs of letting up.  After a pair of lighting fast pit stops, Biffle found himself in the lead but lacking the fuel necessary to make it to the end.  Hoping for a caution flag with twenty to thirty laps remaining, Biffle would have to settle for a final pit stop on lap 182.  When asked what changes to make on the pit stop, Biffle radioed, "I think we have to take four tires.  We will be a sitting duck if we don't."  With their game plan in tack, Team Brewco watched as several cars stayed out and others took on two tires.  When all was said and done, Biffle would restart the race in eighth place with a handful of laps remaining.

 

Slicing and dicing his way through the field, Biffle worked his way to second place on lap 193, only to have the caution flag fall on lap 194.  Once again, the stage was set for a green-white-checkered finish.  With his teammates anxiously watching the final shootout from atop pit wall, Biffle inched past Kasey Kahne's door on lap 199.  Unfortunately, as the top-two came off of turn four on the final lap, Kahne strong armed Biffle ultimately capturing the win by a mere 0.30-seconds.

 

"The last couple of laps Kasey did what he had to do. He tried to protect the bottom and my car wasn't that good up top. I should have looked in the mirror and saw if I had some room behind me. I should have tried the top. I probably could have beat him up top pretty easy I guess. My mistake, though. I should have done that, but I knew I could move him off the bottom and get a run on him and that's what I did, and then he drove it in the corner right on my right-rear quarter panel and sucked me sideways, which that's pretty brave to do that because usually you wreck two people when you do that. But he knew I had a good car so he did what he had to do there," Biffle added after posting his sixth second place finish of the season.

 

"So we went back down the backstretch dead even again and the lap before that 'getting into three,' he kept down the straightaway. I had a run on him and he blocked me all the way to the bottom. It's just tough to finish second and have a car like that. Maybe I should have taken two tires."

 

Next up, Team Brewco heads to Lowe's Motor Speedway for the Dollar General 300 on Friday, October 14^th.  TNT and PRN will provide live coverage of the event beginning at 8:00pm EDT.