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CONCORD, N.C. (AP) -Despite his harsh comments about his race team at Darlington Raceway, Greg Biffle said he's still committed to signing a contract extension with Roush Fenway Racing.
"Nothing has changed," Biffle said Friday at Lowe's Motor Speedway. "I don't understand. I don't quit. I'm not going to quit on my guys. I'm not going to give up."
Biffle is in the final year of his contract with Roush, and has maintained since last season that he intends to sign an extension with the team. But talks have been slow, and his intent came into question Saturday night when he blasted his team because his pole-winning car broke down after leading 95 laps at Darlington.
"All I want is equipment to drive that stays together," he ranted after dropping out of the race and finishing 43rd. "I give it 110 percent as a driver all the time, and you just want your equipment to last and be able to win these races."
Biffle blamed his critical remarks on frustration, and said any driver would have been angry after his car had a pair of loose wheels, a vibration and finally the broken timing belt that ended his evening early.
"I want you guys to go interview 42 other guys and tell me one guy that wouldn't have got out of that car and been mad - just been kicking rocks and going `Dang it, I'm leading the race with a 5-second lead and now I'm out,' " he said. "I had a great car. That's the positive thing about it, a fast race car, and that's what I always complain about - wanting to have a fast race car.
"I did have a fast race car. There's no doubt in my mind and that's exciting for him."
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BUSY, BUSY BUSCH: Kyle Busch would race every day if he could, and that passion is what's led him to not yet rule out running for the championship in all three of NASCAR's top series.
In fact, he'll try to run all three series in different states on the same weekend next month.
Busch said Friday he's trying to run the Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday, June 6, followed by the Nationwide Series race Saturday at Nashville Superspeedway and the Sprint Cup Series event Sunday at Pocono Raceway.
"So we're going to ... practice and do everything in Pocono, go to the truck race, come back and practice Saturday, go to Nashville for the Nationwide race and then come back and race again in Pocono," he said. "It'll be a fun weekend."
Busch has won three Cup races this year, three Nationwide races and a pair of Truck Series events. He leads the Cup standings, is second in Nationwide and sixth in Trucks. He hasn't ruled out winning titles in all three series.
