Pocono winner and the winningest Roush driver of 2010 made the rounds at the ESPN campus in Bristol, Conn. today.
Greg Biffle appeared on SportsCenter, SportsNation, NASCAR Now, ESPNEWS and ESPN Radio.
Whew!
The driver also paid a visit to team owner Jack Roush, who is still recovering from injuries sustained in a plane crash last week. Biffle delivered the Pocono trophy to Roush, who is hospitalized at The Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.
Below are a few behind-the-scenes pix with The Biff - courtesy of ESPN
There's nothing like a violent feud between two top-tier NASCAR drivers to get you out of vacation mode and back into the blogging routine.
And I'd be a fool to pass up the opportunity to dish about the latest round in the Edwards/Keselowski slugfest.
First, a recap:
Remember, if you will, the spring Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Paying Kes back for some hard-nosed racing, Edwards hit the No. 12 car with enough force to send the car and its driver flying into the fence at speeds of nearly 200 miles an hour. Edwards was summoned to the hauler and later placed on probation. The smack flew, and a week later, both drivers had a come-to-Jesus meeting with NASCAR officials. They emerged from the meeting with Cheshire grins, and they vowed to race each other clean.
And I almost believed them 'til Saturday night.
During the last lap of the Nationwide Series race at Gateway International Speedway, Keselowski (who had led most of the night) nosed Edwards out of the way for the lead. That one move re-instated the feud.
It didn't take too long until Edwards hit Kes back, sending him spinning into the safer barrier and back across the track and into traffic. Edwards won the race. Keselowski suffered a pretty nasty hit. And Keselowski's father, Bob, while waiting outside the infield care center, accused Edwards of trying to kill his son - again.
God, I love NASCAR.
Today, NASCAR handed down its verdict. Both drivers will be placed on probation until Dec. 31. But this time, instead of the love tap he received post-Atlanta, Edwards got more of a smack on the head. Edwards will be docked 60 points, team owner Jack Roush will be docked 60 owner points and Edwards will be fined $25,000.
Too add salt to the wound, NASCAR's penalty means Edwards now trails Keselowski in the Nationwide standings by 228 points, with Keselowski in first place.
So a few questions remain - can Cousin Carl keep his cool the rest of the year? Will the terms of their probation be long enough to smooth both drivers' ruffled firesuits? Or will Edwards and Keselowski just settle their differences the old-fashioned way - with a few good punches and a couple busted lips?
Time will tell ... but I can't wait to watch it. One thing's for sure - these two aren't going to settle things quietly.
Carl Edwards put on the biggest show last night in the Nationwide Series Virginia 529 College Savings 250, but team owner Jack Roush wins the prize for most imaginative quote.
Edwards maneuvered his Ford from worst to first - a win made even more impressive due to his discussed ad-nauseum Frisbee injury. The reason for Edward's tail-of-the field start? A spark plug change after the car was impounded post qualifying.
When asked about the issue that put his driver in starting position #43, Roush sounded like he'd been reading Edgar Allan Poe in the hauler: ""When the sun goes down and the moon goes full, the demons creep in sometimes on us at night," team owner Jack Roush. "I'm sure it was just an isolated component failure of some kind. One way or the other, we'll try to avoid that going forward."
For a guy often called the Cat in the Hat, Roush's words aren't Seussical in the least. To the contrary, I half expected him to end his answer with "Quoth the raven, 'Nevermore'"... but maybe he's saving that for HALLOW-DEGA.
