Biffle’s Ford too low in postrace

DAVID POOLE, dpoole@charlotteobserver.com

Sunday, Mar. 25, 2007

BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Greg Biffle got a fifth-place finish Sunday at Bristol, his first top-10 finish of the season in the No. 16 Ford, but the car was found to be too low in postrace inspection.

NASCAR vice president for competition Robin Pemberton said Biffle’s car would be taken back to the research and development facility in Concord for more examination. Penalties will be forthcoming early this week.

Biffle didn’t know about the problem, the only one announced after NASCAR checked eight cars after the race, before he left the track.

“We had great pit stops today,” Biffle said. “Everybody just worked really hard. This is what this team is made of. We’ve had about four of these (good) runs now, but this is the first one we’ve finished. I feel really good about it.”

Biffle was third before a caution on Lap 484 and stayed on the track when the cars behind him pitted for fresh tires.

“(Crew chief) Pat (Tryson) called me in to take four tires but I was about a foot past the commitment line,” Biffle said. “I didn’t want to try to chance it. It’s unfortunate because I think we could have won.”

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