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Biffle Records Tenth Top-Ten Finish of Season

 

DOVER, DE (June 4) - Greg Biffle, driver of the #66 Duraflame Quick Coals Ford, started 4^th and finished 8^th in the MBNA RacePoints 200 at Dover International Speedway.  Despite a late race surge through the field, Biffle ultimately had to settle for a solid top-ten finish, his tenth of the season.  With much of his competition struggling throughout the day, Biffle remains seventh in NASCAR Busch Series driver's standings.  Team Brewco #66 sits fourth in NBS owner's points, one hundred and thirty-two points out of first.

 

Unloading fast off of the truck on Thursday, Greg Biffle and his Brewco Motorsports teammates were optimistic heading into Friday afternoon's Busch Pole qualifying session.  "This is the easiest handling car I have ever had at Dover.  It's absolutely perfect.  It makes my job pretty easy and a whole lot of fun to show up each and every week and have a car that is this good.  I'm really looking forward to Saturday's race," Greg Biffle added after Thursday afternoon's first practice session. 

 

As Mother Nature would have it, Busch Pole qualifying was cancelled due to inclement weather.  With the field set by 2005 NASCAR owner's points, Biffle would have to settle for a fourth place starting spot.  "Outside second row, we can work with that.  My only real concern is that the track is going to change significantly.  Hopefully, I can get some seat time in my Cup car and learn a little for the race tomorrow," Biffle said after Busch Pole qualifying was cancelled.

 

Despite having two forty-five minute Nextel Cup practice sessions on Saturday morning, Biffle struggled early in the race.  "This car is a handful- I'm loose in and very tight off.  We've got to do something soon," Biffle radioed on lap twenty-three.  Team Brewco made their first pit stop of the day on lap twenty-eight.  To help combat the tight condition, the call was made to drop right side air pressures three pounds.  Biffle would restart the race in seventh place.

 

While the change seemed to help a little, Biffle continued to struggle with the ill-handling racecar for much of the race.  Despite having his hands full, the 2002 NBS champion, worked his way back into the top-five by lap fifty-eight.  Biffle headed to pit road for a second time on lap sixty.  After changing four tires and pulling a spring rubber from the right rear, Biffle would return to racing action in twelfth-place.  Citing an "aero-tight" condition, Biffle fought to work his way back through the field.  Never one to give-up, he continued to dig deep and slowly knock off positions.

 

A slow pit stop on lap one hundred and thirty-eight cost Biffle valuable track position.  With a "freed-up" racecar, Biffle remained confident he could regain a hand full of spots.  Unfortunately, a series of untimely cautions significantly slowed his progress.  Disappointed but not discouraged, Biffle fought his way to eighth place, before the checkered flag fell on lap two hundred.

 

"That car was a handful.  We were so tight early in the race, but Newt (crew chief Moore) did a good job adjusting on it all day.  We made some pretty major changes, and by the end of the race we had a pretty good car.  Track position killed us today.  This place is notoriously difficult to pass at, and you just can't lose spots on pit road.  But with that being said, it's hard to make right side and left side adjustments and still be fast.  I'm still having a lot of fun racing over here, and will definitely be watching Aaron (Fike) next week in Nashville," Biffle added after posting his tenth top-ten finish of 2005.

 

Next up, Team Brewco heads to the Nashville Superspeedway for the Federated Auto Parts 300 on Saturday, June 11^th.  Aaron Fike will make his second start in the #66 Team Brewco Ford.  FX and MRN will provide live coverage of the event beginning at 7:30pm ET.