No. 2 Greg Biffle
Greg Biffle's best race at Martinsville Speedway was his last race at Martinsville. He finished seventh, his only top 10 finish in 10 career Cup starts at the track.
Biffle heads into Sunday's race at Martinsville second in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings, 30 points behind Kyle Busch.
“I don’t have the best history at Martinsville. We seem to have a lot of brake trouble there and just bad luck in general," said Biffle, driver of the No. 16 Ford for Roush Fenway Racing. "The guys are doing a few things to try to make sure we don’t have the same brake problems we’ve had in the past and I’ll do my best to try to be as easy on the brakes as I can. If we can do that and keep good track position, it should be a decent race for us. I’d like to leave Martinsville with the points lead, but if we can stay in the top five and keep putting distance between ourselves and 12th, I’ll be happy.”
The car Biffle's team is bringing to Martinsville is the same car he raced at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana in February. He finished 15th in that race.
“We’re taking the car we raced at California earlier this year basically because all of these cars are essentially the same," said Greg Erwin, Biffle's crew chief. "As we go through the season I think that will likely be the case most of the time. Our strategy heading into Martinsville is focused on one thing – brake management. We’re doing everything we can to make sure we have the most efficient brake and brake cooling system and Greg is going to do everything he can to preserve the brakes. Hopefully we won’t have any issues and if we can keep track position, it should be a good race for us.”



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