Greg Biffle is the Fast Lap King
by Charlie Turner
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September 23, 2008 12:43 pm CDT 3 Comments
I think I may be convinced. In 2007 Clint Bowyer parlayed a win in the first race of the Chase to the Sprint Cup playoffs -his first ever win as a matter of fact - into contention with Jeff Gordon and eventual champ, Jimmy Johnson. Clint hung in without another win.
Greg Biffle has two. In a row. And he’s going back to Kansas, where he is the most recent winner as well. And the once - and probably future - favorite driver to sweep the Cup up - Kyle Busch is limping with an average finish of a tic worse than 38th place in the first to Chase races. Yikes! Looks like Biffle may be for real and Rowdy is outta here.
And where did Matt Kenseth come from? I mean lately you expect the Biff and Carl Edwards to be tough, but that no. 17 team has been as resilient as the Detroit Lions. Good to see though.
Take a look at our little mid-week distraction we call the Fast Lap and tell us, in your own concise way, what you think of the four topics that Steve-O has tossed up today.
1: NASCAR’s new drug policy adds random testing, but why isn’t there a banned substance list?
2: This weeks Robby Gordon rumor has he and DEI joining forces. Will Robby ever get it right?
3: How can the new car provide such great racing on a one miler and not even come close when you add another half mile?
4: Is The Chase down to a three car battle?
This is a debate so bring your arguing shoes. We’ll use the best, or maybe the worst, comments on a future episode of ON PIT ROW.
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1. Because NASCAR’s leaders are dumb as a bucket of crescent wrenches.
2. Yes, the day he decides to forgo anything related to NASCAR and shift all focus to Corr and other off-road racing series’.
3. Um… Why did the chicken cross the road? What came first, the chicken or the egg? Why do I have premonitions of flashbacks? Put another way, who the hell knows?
4. Three car battle? What? Have they done away with the drivers, are they on remote control now?
1. Ditto Marc’s brilliant reply.
2. I’m not sure that Robby’s disposition will allow him to play well with others. It’s a shame. He is one of the three or four most talented drivers in NASCAR. I’d like to see one good season in good equipment and a stable environment. But that might not be possible.
3. 1) Not enough cautions. If NASCAR wants to make all the races seem like short track races, bring back the competition-caution. 2) Most of the mile and a half tracks have really wide surfaces, but only one or two racing lines. It’s boring, comparatively, but it is part of the NASCAR grind. I don’t mind it.
4. It’s getting close. But I will wait until after Talladega at least.
1– Only NASCAR could make a moving target part of a drug policy. This deal is better than the old one; but please set some parameters Mr. France.
2– Its hard to believe that Robby has run through as many crew chiefs and working agreements as he has. He is obviously a hard person to work with and for. Someday he’ll get it and at that point he will begin to succeed in NASCAR.
3– Geometry of the one mile tracks is much different than the 1.5ers. Therefore the car just isn’t suited, yet, for the 1.5 milers. Time and practice will make it right.
4– Three is the number. So far that part of the chase format has been a stinker. NASCAR has wanted to have ten cars battleing it out at Homestead. So far that hasn’t happened.