Greg Biffle Advance
Lowe’s Motor Speedway, May 19-20
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series: NEXTEL All-Star Challenge
Greg Biffle
Team: No. 16 National Guard Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Doug Richert
Chassis: RK-275 (Same car the team won with at Texas and Fontana in 2005)
Biffle on racing in the All-Star Challenge:
“We had a really good test at Charlotte, so I am pretty excited about the races the next two weeks. The All-Star race is a lot of fun for the drivers and the fans. Any race under the lights seems more exciting I guess. There’s also a lot of money on the line and that makes things interesting. I don’t think you’ll see anything crazy out there but there will be some good racing and maybe a little more risk-taking than usual.”
Crew Chief Doug Richert on racing in the All-Star Challenge:
“We’re taking the car that we won with last year at Texas and Fontana. It was one of the two cars we tested at Charlotte a couple of weeks ago. We’re taking the car that Greg liked better to the Coca-Cola 600 but we learned a lot of things from that car that we can apply to this one and make it even better. As far as being more aggressive with the setup for the All-Star vs. the 600, we may run a little different setup but NASCAR regulations make it difficult to be much more aggressive than we are on a regular basis.”
Fast Facts
Greg Biffle is currently 14th in the point standings, picking up three positions after the win in Darlington.
Biffle and the National Guard team are currently 497 points out of the lead and are 106 points out of a top-10 position.
In 2004, an incident with then teammate Kurt Busch took Biffle out of the race. Last year with one lap remaining in the second segment of the All-Star Challenge, a blown tire caused severe damage to the left front fender leaving the team without time to repair it for the final segment.
This weekend the No. 16 National Guard team will run the signature red, white and blue paint scheme with a special Charter Communications hood design.
