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Roush Fenway Racing's Greg Biffle hopes NASCAR enforces yellow-line rule at Daytona
By Lee Montgomery - Associate Editor
Friday, July 03, 2009
Roush Fenway Racing's Greg Biffle in ninth in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings after 17 races this season.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Roush Fenway Racing driver Greg Biffle said he hopes NASCAR will be stronger in its enforcement of the yellow-line rule after controversial Sprint Cup Series finishes at Talladega Superspeedway in the last year.
The rule forbids passing below the yellow “out of bounds” line at Talladega and Daytona International Speedway, site of Saturday night’s Coke Zero 400.
At Talladega last year, Regan Smith ducked below the yellow line while trying to pass Tony Stewart for the win on the last lap but was penalized. Smith said he was forced below the line.
And at Talladega earlier this year, Brad Keselowski held his groove above the yellow line and started a horrendous accident when Carl Edwards tried to block. Edwards ended up flying through the air and slamming into the retaining fence.
Biffle said he hopes NASCAR will live up to its threats of penalizing a driver for forcing another driver below the yellow line to prevent accidents like Edwards’.
“They have threatened, if you force somebody below the yellow line, that you be black-flagged,” Biffle said. “If you go below the yellow line, you will be black-flagged. And nobody’s been penalized for forcing someone below the yellow line to date, so far.
“And so I think that people are going to continue to test that until somebody says, ‘You are black-flagged. In our judgment, he was inside of you and you forced him down there or chopped him down there and you’re going to get a pass-through.’”
That ruling would all but eliminate blocking low at restrictor-plate tracks, Biffle said.
“Once that happens then people are going to [be] more reluctant to turn left when someone is inside of them because they know that guy’s got to let up on the gas,” Biffle said. “And if that guy doesn’t let up on the gas, we’re going to have a wreck, just like we did at Talladega.
“The last [fall] Talladega race, [Regan Smith] took the high road and went down below the yellow line, and that was the alternative situation. There was that one and then there was Carl, and they were both identical situations.”
Mentioned Drivers: Greg Biffle
2009 Sprint Cup Race for the Chase Standings
Driver Standings after the AMP Energy 500
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 6248 |
| 2 | Mark Martin | -184 |
| 3 | Jeff Gordon | -192 |
| 4 | Juan Pablo Montoya | -239 |
| 5 | Tony Stewart | -279 |
| 6 | Kurt Busch | -312 |
| 7 | Greg Biffle | -340 |
| 8 | Ryan Newman | -402 |
| 9 | Kasey Kahne | -414 |
| 10 | Carl Edwards | -437 |
| 11 | Denny Hamlin | -448 |
| 12 | Brian Vickers | -556 |
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11 responses to "Roush Fenway Racing's Greg Biffle hopes NASCAR enforces yellow-line rule at Daytona". Post a Comment.
scott-baker said:
Jul 3, 2009 at 3:51 PMCome on Greg, you know that rule doesn't apply to Stewart. The France family is in love with Stewart, so he gets a "pass". Besides, he might push a reporter or throw down a cameraman's camera or cry about how he has been wronged. And we wouldn't want that....but Regan Smith might want some justice. I know I would, he won that race, the replays showed it. Stewart FORCED him down. But NASCAR has a different set of rules for Stewart.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportAnonymous said:
Jul 3, 2009 at 4:15 PMThats what happened at Daytona 500, Brian Vickers turned left to BLOCK Dale jr and helped cause the BIG one,if some one has a run on you and their nose is at your bumper ( NO BLOCKING )plain and simple!!!
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» Confirm Abuse ReportSheilaLovesNASCAR said:
Jul 3, 2009 at 5:19 PMI say cut the blocking. Blocking is what causes all the wrecks. You can't block when you're that close. Stay in your lane and race. Or get black flagged. Get the Black Flag for blocking. That'll but an end to some of the wrecks KB causes. If it wasn't for blocking or taking real estate that wasn't there, he would be only as mediocre as he was at Hendrick. And still crashing.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportbthompson133 said:
Jul 3, 2009 at 8:53 PMblocking shouldn't be allowed. biff is right. GO BIFF
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» Confirm Abuse Reportdale said:
Jul 3, 2009 at 9:59 PMBiffle is an idiot. Brad did not start the accident, Carl did. Plain and simple. As to the comments about blocking, blocking in part of racing. Have you never seen a saturday night dirt track race?
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» Confirm Abuse Reportbthompson133 said:
Jul 4, 2009 at 12:44 AMthey're not doing 180 on the dirt track in tight formation. geeze
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Jul 4, 2009 at 8:26 AMIf you block, suffer the consequences as Edwards did. I wish Smith had held his line against Stewart.
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You notice all the empty seats at Indy car?
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» Confirm Abuse ReportTim the Fan said:
Jul 4, 2009 at 9:59 AMDo away with the yellow line. They only use that rule at two tracks and it rediculous. If it's paved let them use it, the grass should be out of bonds and their all smart enough not to use the grass. The trouble with a no blocking rule is that at these speeds and drafting the cars are so unstable you don't know if the move is intentional or the turbulance.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportWerner said:
Jul 4, 2009 at 11:21 AMok so no blocking, which Earnhardt Sr was a master at...then the driver who's behind should not lift and spin the driver in front, which Sr was also known for...right?...Tim...not much grass left and there's plenty of race trak above the line...
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» Confirm Abuse Reportstdale said:
Jul 4, 2009 at 12:18 PMI have a better idea. Every sport has an out of bounds, why not Nascar? There should be no passing below the line AT ANY TRACK. The white line or yellow line or whatever color line there is, should be out of bounds at every track, not just the restrictor plate tracks. If you go below the line and improve your position, you should be penalized, period. You can't catch a pass out of bounds in football, and then come back in bounds and advance the ball, so why should you be able to pass below the line ANYWHERE, and improve your position, without a penalty.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportbthompson133 said:
Jul 4, 2009 at 12:32 PMblocking is what got sr killed but nascar hasn't stopped it
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