Greg Biffle – Kansas Advance

Greg Biffle – Kansas Advance
Team:                          No. 16 ACE Ford Fusion
Crew Chief:                 Matt Puccia
Primary Chassis:         RK-817  Last ran California – finished 6th
Backup Chassis:        RK-809  Last ran Texas – finished 10th

ADVANCE NOTES

·        Biffle at Kansas

o   Kansas is the track where Biffle holds his best average finish of 9.5 from an average starting position of 15.2.

o   In his 13 career Cup Series starts at the 1.5-mile track, Biffle has two wins, seven top-five and nine top-10 finishes.

·        The Car

o   Chassis RK-817 is the same car Biffle drove to a sixth-place finish in California.

o   RK-817 made its debut in 2012 at Indy with a third-place finish.  After that 817 went on to win Michigan, then a 13th-place finish at Chicago, followed by a fourth-place run at Charlotte.  RK-817 was slated to run the season finale at Homestead, but an accident in practice took the winning chassis out of the race.

o   The backup chassis RK-809 is the same car that won at Texas a year ago.  Since then it’s finished fourth in the Coca-Cola 600, fourth in Michigan, 16th at Dover and finished up 2012 with a 10th-place finish at Texas in November.

Biffle on Kansas:

“I’m really excited about going to Kansas this week.  We’ve got a few wins there and we tested there a couple weeks back.  We feel like we have a pretty strong program and pretty good handle on that race track.  Kansas is really smooth, really fast and our cars handle well there.  We’re looking for a win this weekend.”

Puccia on Kansas:

“We’ve been working hard on our intermediate program.  We tested at Kansas a few weeks back and learned a bunch.  Hopefully we can take what we learned and get a good run at the fast 1.5-mile track.”