By Josh Stewart-Greg Biffle would certainly like more time to hang out with wife Nicole and rescue puppies.

But he admitted Wednesday on Long Island that seeking a Mark Martin-like schedule before too long-which he’s mentioned in the past-is more wishful thinking than long-term objective.

The Biffles were at the Garden City Hotel accepting the Just One Award at the Lewyt Humane Awards Luncheon, hosted by the North Shore Animal League America. The driver, who is about to sign a new contract with Roush-Fenway Racing, is a realist about how busy his schedule will be for many years to come.

“I think I was stating the fact that any driver would love to be able to make the money that you can make and have all the weekends off,” the 38-year-old Biffle said. “Not [just] drivers. You, me and everybody else. If they said, ‘Hey, you know what. We’re going to pay you the same but we only want you to work half the time. Just go ahead and take long vacations and do what you want.’ I mean, that would be the ultimate. So I think I made that statement saying everybody would love to have that deal. I’ve got two to three, at least, contracts worth of [full-time] driving [to go].”

As for the present, there is a certain irony: Fulfilling the sponsor obligations of the current contract can make inking the next one darn near impossible.

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