Greg Biffle Advance
Michigan International Speedway
August 18-21st, 2005 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series
GFS Marketplace 400, Sunday @ 2:10PM
Greg Biffle
Team: No. 16 National Guard Prism Ford Taurus
Crew Chief: Doug Richert
Chassis: RK-239 (won at Michigan earlier this year)
Biffle on racing at Michigan International Speedway:
“I like racing at Michigan. There’s a lot of room to race and we seem to do well there. We’re taking the car that we won with there in June. We need a strong run to rebuild the momentum we have lost in the last few weeks. A win this weekend would be a great rebound from the points we lost last week and a victory in Ford’s backyard is always something we want.”
Crew Chief Doug Richert on racing at Michigan International Speedway:
“We’re taking RK 239, which is the car we won with at Michigan in June. We do feel that the competition is closing in on us but we had a pretty dominant run in the spring and I think there’s room for improvement. We’re going to start with the same set-up we used in June and then try some new things to see what works best. We need to get the momentum back that we had in the first half of the year and this could be the race to do it.”
Fast Facts
With the 38th place finish at Watkins Glen, Biffle remained third in the point standings, 252 points behind leader Tony Stewart. Biffle has a 268-point advantage over the 10th place contender with four races remaining in the “Race to the Chase.”
Biffle led 63 of 200 laps in the Batman Begins 400 at MIS in June and won by 1.675 seconds over second place contender Tony Stewart for his fifth win of the 2005 season.
In 2004, Biffle won the GFS Marketplace 400 by 8.216 seconds over teammate Mark Martin after leading 73 of 200 laps. That was his first of two victories during the 2004 season.
In addition to his two Nextel Cup Series wins, Biffle also has two NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series wins at Michigan International Speedway
The No. 16 Ford will feature a special National Guard Prism paint scheme this weekend. (The Army National Guard and Rival Interactive are creating a first person 3D shooter called PRISM: Guard Shield that contains a unique blend of stealth operations and fast action game play. The game focuses on the unconventional application of new and emerging weapons and surveillance technologies in the war against terrorism. PRISM takes place in the near future with the player becoming the newest member of a highly secretive homeland defense unit known as PRISM. PRISM focuses on familiar locations in the US such as Washington, D.C. and San Francisco, CA. When terrorist activities are suspected or potential targets are identified, players are called into action.)
