Biffle Testing With Style, Also Comments On Las Vegas Wreck
Thursday, January 11th, 2007 9:52am CST
By Luke, Thunder Lounge
Published on Thunder Lounge.
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Greg Biffle and his team have the right idea. If you’re going to test the COT, do it with style. This is why today, the #16 team from Roush Racing will be at the infamous Rock. Yes, THE Rock. They’ll be testing out a Roush Racing COT, so we’ll let you know if we hear any details. If we can find a photo, we’ll add it too.
On other notes of Mr. Biffle, he took a little time during Preseason Thunder to make mention that he was disappointed in the response time of the safety crews at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in December. As you may have heard, he was there on a test and blew a tire. End result was a not so nice conversation with Mr. Fence, which Greg ended up on the losing end of the argument, and also ended up with a dislocated shoulder.
Greg wasn’t too worried about it, he’s dislocated several times in the past as a former wrestler, but he was slightly concerned with the manner in which it dislocated. Apparently it popped out towards the back this time, which I guess it seems it normally pops out the front.
So the question is, “Whatcha gonna do, when Bifflemainia runs wild on you?”
Well, Las Vegas had a rebuttal. Imagine that.
“We were surprised and shocked that Mr. Biffle would make - almost five weeks later - critical remarks about the response of our fire and safety team in the moments following his crash,” said Chris Powell, LVMS general manager.
“His criticism is misguided and has no merit in fact. His recollection of the event is in gross error. Mr. Biffle’s crash occurred in the middle of turns one and two. Our safety team was positioned on the inside of the speedway across from the point at which Mr. Biffle’s car made contact with the wall. The safety truck rolled toward Mr. Biffle’s car, which came to a halt in the middle of the backstretch, as soon as our personnel were assured that the other car on the speedway, driven by Kyle Busch, also had slowed and it was apparent that Mr. Busch was aware of an on-track emergency situation.
When the speedway’s safety truck reached Mr. Biffle’s car, he already had removed his head-and-neck restraint and was attempting to exit his car. The speedway paramedic rushed to Mr. Biffle’s aid, but Mr. Biffle assured the paramedic that he (Mr. Biffle) was fine and wanted only to be returned to his team’s hauler in the infield. Mr. Biffle was attended to by the paramedic in the ambulance during the ride back to the hauler and received aid for several minutes upon reaching the infield destination.
The speedway’s paramedic strongly urged Mr. Biffle to consent to being transported to the hospital, but Mr. Biffle steadfastly refused. In fact, Mr. Biffle signed a form saying that he refused being transported and he himself wrote, ‘I feel fine’ on a release document. Mr. Biffle himself completed that document at 1:25 p.m., several minutes after he had been returned to the team’s hauler.
Mr. Biffle’s statement was written as a response to a demand on the document that requested a reason for his refusing to be transported. Mr. Biffle was tended to by the speedway’s paramedic for several minutes at the hauler. He stated firmly that he was unhurt but said he was, in his words, ‘just upset because I crashed my best race car.’”
Well, well, well.
That whole statement has exactly what to do with the response time? Other than to say we got there when we could?
Greg, look forward to Texas. Their EMS support is top notch, should the need arise. 
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