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The "good old days" ??
Carl Edwards was happy that teammate Greg Biffle won Sunday at Michigan International Speedway.
But he wasn’t happy with Biffle.
Edwards wanted his Roush Fenway Racing teammate to help him clean off the grille of his car with about 35 laps remaining in the Quicken Loans 400.
Edwards instead had to pit early in a cycle of green-flag pit spots because his car was overheating, and when a caution flag came out a couple of laps later, Edwards was in the free-pass position and had to restart 24th.
When asked after the race if he felt Biffle should have helped him, Edwards responded tersely:
"It’s his job to help me.”
So would Edwards talk to Biffle about the incident?
“We’ll take care of it,” Edwards said.
Edwards might not like the conversation. Biffle said he had too big of a lead to help Edwards at the time, or at least by the time he got the request.
“I didn't know when I passed him he had something on his grille or I'd let him get it off then,” Biffle said. “And I don't know if he did have something on his grille. But when I looked up in the mirror, and he was 25 car lengths back, and they said, ‘Carl has got something on his grille,’ I said, ‘I can't help him, not right now.’
“This is my chance to win today, right here, and the 48 (of Jimmie Johnson) is coming. I don't know if you know that or not, but the 48 is coming. There were other guys coming behind Carl that were going to pass him, and I didn't feel like I could take that risk at that particular time.”
How does team owner Jack Roush feel about it?
“There's no team orders for that kind of thing, but I do support the decision that Greg made to not give up his track position, and we'll discuss that,” Roush said.
Crew chief Matt Puccia said if Biffle had dropped back, he could have risked falling a lap down if he pitted under green while other lead-lap cars stayed on the track and then the caution came out.
“If it's that hot, we all know it's painful, but you roll out of the gas and you let the guy in third catch up to you. … It's a two-way street, right?” Biffle said.
“You ask that guy up there to climb back down the rock to help you or you wait for the guy that's coming that way and ask him for help. There's two ways of doing it. It's not just get me back up or I've got to pit. There's lots of options, you know, to get stuff off your grille.”
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This reminds me a little of 2011 when Kenseth was running 2nd to Carl with 50 to go and asked if he could lead a lap. Carl said no, even though Matt had let him lead a lap a few weeks earlier. Funny guy, Carl is.
But he wasn’t happy with Biffle.
Edwards wanted his Roush Fenway Racing teammate to help him clean off the grille of his car with about 35 laps remaining in the Quicken Loans 400.
Edwards instead had to pit early in a cycle of green-flag pit spots because his car was overheating, and when a caution flag came out a couple of laps later, Edwards was in the free-pass position and had to restart 24th.
When asked after the race if he felt Biffle should have helped him, Edwards responded tersely:
"It’s his job to help me.”
So would Edwards talk to Biffle about the incident?
“We’ll take care of it,” Edwards said.
Edwards might not like the conversation. Biffle said he had too big of a lead to help Edwards at the time, or at least by the time he got the request.
“I didn't know when I passed him he had something on his grille or I'd let him get it off then,” Biffle said. “And I don't know if he did have something on his grille. But when I looked up in the mirror, and he was 25 car lengths back, and they said, ‘Carl has got something on his grille,’ I said, ‘I can't help him, not right now.’
“This is my chance to win today, right here, and the 48 (of Jimmie Johnson) is coming. I don't know if you know that or not, but the 48 is coming. There were other guys coming behind Carl that were going to pass him, and I didn't feel like I could take that risk at that particular time.”
How does team owner Jack Roush feel about it?
“There's no team orders for that kind of thing, but I do support the decision that Greg made to not give up his track position, and we'll discuss that,” Roush said.
Crew chief Matt Puccia said if Biffle had dropped back, he could have risked falling a lap down if he pitted under green while other lead-lap cars stayed on the track and then the caution came out.
“If it's that hot, we all know it's painful, but you roll out of the gas and you let the guy in third catch up to you. … It's a two-way street, right?” Biffle said.
“You ask that guy up there to climb back down the rock to help you or you wait for the guy that's coming that way and ask him for help. There's two ways of doing it. It's not just get me back up or I've got to pit. There's lots of options, you know, to get stuff off your grille.”
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This reminds me a little of 2011 when Kenseth was running 2nd to Carl with 50 to go and asked if he could lead a lap. Carl said no, even though Matt had let him lead a lap a few weeks earlier. Funny guy, Carl is.
He is out of his Mind
