97forever
Team Owner
Today,it seems to me,we have a lot of 'image' guys in Nascar.Most of you folks know what I mean....young,handsome,some with college degrees,some with connections.And yeah,some with big ears maybe.Nothing really wrong with that,just a little departure from the historical aspect of this sport.
Then we have the old timers...the old hard-boiled,gritty types.Hemingway on wheels even.The old school guys who just barely hang with Kurt and Ryan and Jimmie and Kevin.
And then we have Greg Biffle.
This is a pretty cool story with old Greg.A local racer out west who gets 'discovered' at a slightly older age than a lot of those guys I just mentioned.Benny Parsons notices though and pleads with Jack Roush presumably for quite some time to give the guy a look.Jack,according to accounts,isn't really interested at first.Why should he be?Tommy Kendall and Randy Goss are waiting in the wings,anyway,right?
Well,half right.Goss is ready to move to a struggling CTS team...Tommy isn't so sure and demands just a 'little more than is reasonable'.mmmm?Now what?Benny must have called again.Jack hires Greg for the team sight unseen---soley on Benny's word.
To say Greg delivered is an understatement.ROTY,a true SCR***** over by NASCAR,and a Title awaited him in the truck series.Maybe time to move up to BGN then.Again,Greg delivered in style.Another ROTY award followed by another Title.Up to WC then...finally the dues were paid.
And Greg struggled.And faltered.Fell out battling with Tony Stewart on the RC and almost hit bottom.
Then went to Daytona.And from that local track in Arizona to victory lane at the most famous track in stock car racing!
All in all pretty good for a driver that fits somewhere between Newman and Wallace,Busch and Martin.A little new-wave,a little old-school.At 33 Greg is square in the middle.
But he is not the kind of driver it pays to under-estimate.If any driver can compete with either the young guys or the old guys.....Greg might just be the one.At least in my opinion.
Opinions?Agree,disagree?
Then we have the old timers...the old hard-boiled,gritty types.Hemingway on wheels even.The old school guys who just barely hang with Kurt and Ryan and Jimmie and Kevin.
And then we have Greg Biffle.
This is a pretty cool story with old Greg.A local racer out west who gets 'discovered' at a slightly older age than a lot of those guys I just mentioned.Benny Parsons notices though and pleads with Jack Roush presumably for quite some time to give the guy a look.Jack,according to accounts,isn't really interested at first.Why should he be?Tommy Kendall and Randy Goss are waiting in the wings,anyway,right?
Well,half right.Goss is ready to move to a struggling CTS team...Tommy isn't so sure and demands just a 'little more than is reasonable'.mmmm?Now what?Benny must have called again.Jack hires Greg for the team sight unseen---soley on Benny's word.
To say Greg delivered is an understatement.ROTY,a true SCR***** over by NASCAR,and a Title awaited him in the truck series.Maybe time to move up to BGN then.Again,Greg delivered in style.Another ROTY award followed by another Title.Up to WC then...finally the dues were paid.
And Greg struggled.And faltered.Fell out battling with Tony Stewart on the RC and almost hit bottom.
Then went to Daytona.And from that local track in Arizona to victory lane at the most famous track in stock car racing!
All in all pretty good for a driver that fits somewhere between Newman and Wallace,Busch and Martin.A little new-wave,a little old-school.At 33 Greg is square in the middle.
But he is not the kind of driver it pays to under-estimate.If any driver can compete with either the young guys or the old guys.....Greg might just be the one.At least in my opinion.
Opinions?Agree,disagree?