Third Bud Shootout for Biffle

Greg Biffle led 44 laps and finished fifth in his first Bud Shootout three years ago. He missed the Shootout in 2006 and finished 13th last year as the lone driver from Roush Fenway Racing in the exhibition race at Daytona International Speedway.
Biffle won the pole at Atlanta Motor Speedway in October to qualify for this year's Shootout and said being in the race is always a good way to start the season.
"It’s a fun, low-stress race but it also gets you some valuable track time that the rest of the Daytona 500 contenders who aren’t in the Shootout don’t get," said Biffle driver of the No. 16 Ford for Roush Fenway Racing. "It also means you got a pole in the previous year, so you must have done something right.”
Three Roush drivers are in the Shootout. Carl Edwards, Jamie McMurray and Biffle won poles in the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season. Matt Kenseth and David Ragan, the other two drivers from Roush, are not in the Shootout.
Greg Erwin, Biffle's new crew chief, said he is interested to see how his driver's car runs with a full fuel cell, something he has not been able to test yet. This will be the first time the Cup teams will use the Car of Tomorrow, NASCAR's new stock car, in a race at Daytona.
"We’ll see how the handling holds up and how the fuel mileage works out, which will be a big advantage as we prepare for the 150s on Thursday," Erwin said. "It should get us pointed in the right direction as far as where we need to be for setup as well as help us with a little extra practice time."