NASCAR BGN: Greg Biffle qualifies mid pack; Concentrates on race setup

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

May 12, 2001

GREG BIFFLE-60-Grainger Ford Taurus (Qualified 14th) - IS THE TRACK TEMPERATURE RISING? "It's getting warm, but we haven't been quite that good in qualifying trim. I think it was an average lap, and I just hope that it keeps us in the top 10."

YOU DREW THE FIRST QUALIFYING NUMBER. IS THAT A DISADVANTAGE TODAY? "I really don't think so, unless it cools down a bunch, but the weather has been really consistent today. A couple of the two-car teams could pass some information down to one another, but the track hasn't changed all that much since practice. I screwed up in Turns 1 and 2, and should have been a 29.4 (seconds), but I think those guys will be in the 29.3s (seconds) again."

THEY DID SOME WORK SINCE LAST YEAR IN TURNS 3 AND 4 TO REMOVE THE BUMPS. COULD YOU NOTICE A DIFFERENCE? "Not really. I think the track is really smooth and I thought that last year."

ARE THERE ANY MAJOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE CARS AND TRUCKS HERE? "They are quite a bit different, the way they drive. We're just anxious to get Happy Hour going here to try to get something figured out."

WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR TOMORROW? "Hopefully we'll start in the top 10 and then we can hang out all day. We'll just try to keep in the mix all day, and hopefully, that will give us a chance to race for the win at the end."

THIS HAS BEEN A GOOD TRACK FOR YOU IN THE PAST. "It really has. We have a second and some top fives in the trucks. We're looking forward to having a good run." THIS IS THE SAME CAR THAT WON NASHVILLE. "I think we had the setup right at Nashville, and this track has some similarities to it. We took this car to Milwaukee earlier in the week, and it ran so good there, we decided to use it here. We worked on our flat-track program in Milwaukee knowing that we can use that information not only there, but at the next two races as well. We're just hoping to get it right in Happy Hour, and if we can get it right here, I think we can win with it."

Text provided by Greg Shea

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