Biffle on Infineon: “I like road course racing. It breaks up the season a little. We have had a top-five finishes at Infineon and I think it’s reasonable to shoot for a top-10 finish this weekend. There are a few drivers in this series who have a lot of road course experience and if I can just hold my own with them and get out of there with a top-10 or top-five finish, I think that would be a reasonable expectation.”
Erwin on Infineon: “We’re taking a new car to Infineon this weekend. Our road course package in 2010 had good speed and we’ve made improvements since then to better the program. Qualifying is extremely important as track position is key there. It is very difficult to come from the back to win a road course race. Obviously we have to worry about handling in an entirely different way and then the wear and tear that shifting for that many miles can put on the transmission. We feel that Greg Biffle is underrated as a road course driver and that if we can get the car where it needs to be for him, he has as good a chance to win as anyone.”
Infineon Notes
•• Biffle is currently 13th in the Sprint Cup point standings following his 15th-place finish in Michigan. He is 30 points out of the 10th position with 11 races remaining until the Chase.
•• Biffle’s average finish at Infineon is 14.9 from an average starting position of 17.2.
•• Infineon Raceway is the closest stop on the NASCAR Sprint Cup circuit to Biffle’s hometown of Vancouver, WA. The track is approximately 625 miles from where the Washington native grew up. The season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway for Ford Championship weekend is 3,300 miles from Vancouver.
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