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Feb 21
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Greg Biffle Edged At Stripe By Kyle Busch In Fantastic Fontana Finish

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No. 27 Redman Moist Snuff Ford Fusion - Photo Credit: Getty Images for NASCAR
No. 27 Redman Moist Snuff Ford Fusion - Photo Credit: Getty Images for NASCAR
FONTANA, Calif., (February 21, 2010) – Greg Biffle dove to the inside of
Kyle Busch and Joey Logano on the final restart of the Stater Bros. 300 at
Auto Club Speedway on Saturday and managed to lead the last lap and three
quarters of the race before being overtaken by Busch down the front stretch
on the final lap. Biffle finished .052 seconds behind Busch in the 10th
closest finish in the history of the NASCAR Nationwide Series.

Greg Biffle - Photo Credit: Sam Greenwood/Getty Images for NASCAR
Greg Biffle - Photo Credit: Sam Greenwood/Getty Images for NASCAR
“I got a great run off the corner but Kyle just side-drafted me to the
line,” said Biffle. “It was quite interesting down the front stretch. He
had my tires off the ground most of the way down. It was a great finish.
I think the fans really got to see an exciting finish today. The guys at
Baker Curb Racing built a great car and I want to thank them for giving me
the opportunity to drive the Red Man Moist Snuff Ford Fusion.”

Biffle started the race from the fifth position and despite battling a
tight race car, made his way into the second spot on lap 20. The Red Man
Moist Snuff Ford Fusion had fallen back to the fifth position when the
first caution of the race occurred on lap 33. The Vancouver, WA native
brought his No. 27 down pit road where the Red Man Racing crew put four
fresh tires on, filled it with fuel and took a round of wedge out of the
right rear.

When the race went back to green flag conditions, Biffle continued to
communicate to crew chief Rick Viers that the Red Man Moist Snuff Ford
Fusion was very tight but he continued to run in the top 10. Shortly after
making a green flag pit stop on lap 81, a debris caution occurred on lap
86. When pit road opened on lap 88, the top five cars elected to pit but
Viers opted to save his last set of stickers for later in the race and
Biffle took the lead. The three-time Nationwide winner at Auto Club
Speedway paced the field until lap 99 then settled back into the top 5.

For most of the last 50 laps Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Joey Logano and
Kyle Busch paced the field with Biffle a quarter of a straightaway behind.
On lap 146 Brendan Gaughan spun off turn 4 bringing out the caution,
setting up the historic green-white-checkered finish.

Biffle’s second-place finish was the first for Baker Curb Racing (formerly
Brewco Motorsports) since Jason Keller finished fifth in the June Milwaukee
race in 2007.

“It is a real pleasure to work with Greg and he did an awesome job all
day,” said crew chief Rick Viers. “I’m real proud of the entire Red Man
Racing team. The car was well prepared and we had great pit stops all day.
We have a great group of guys on this team and have a lot to look forward
to the rest of the year.”

Biffle will be back in the Red Man Moist Snuff Ford Fusion Saturday,
February 27th, when the Nationwide Series takes to Las Vegas Motor Speedway
for the Sam’s Town. 300 on ESPN 2 at 4:00 p.m. ET.

- Baker Curb Racing Press Release


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