Greg Biffle’s future is up in the air after the decision of sponsor Ameriquest, a retail-mortgage company, to drop out of the sport at the end of the season. Biffle’s contract with car owner Jack Roush runs through the end of 2008, so Geoff Smith, the head of Roush Racing, said he wants to negotiate a new, longer term contract with Biffle, in order to get leverage to sign a new sponsor.
However a possible complicating factor is NASCAR’s looming limit on the number of Nextel Cup teams that any one car owner can have. In 2009, Roush will have to cut his five-team roster to four. So which of Roush’s five drivers - Biffle, Matt Kenseth, Carl Edwards, Jamie McMurray, or David Ragan - will have to move? If Smith can get Biffle to sign, that could put him in the driver’s seat for sponsorship with the top open man in the series.
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i say keep biffle cuz his team has won races and has experience. they shoulda just dropped the 6 car after mark left. roush shouldnt have even bothered to bring ragan up to cup and put time and effort in him.
YES he’s gonna have to cut some one anyway might as well be ragan
I see the 6 team being sold to Ginn Racing about the time Mark buys the 20% of the team that Bobby Ginn doesnt own. Then they will swap to Fords running Roush / Yates power and Roush built cars. For everyone that says that would be stupid , all you Chevy people talking big right now , remember it only takes a year or so for teams to go to the top or go to the bottom. Last year Evernham was winning alot , this year not. 3 years ago Childress cars were pretty sad , now they are some of the best. A year from now someone that isnt so great right now will be on top and dont be surprised if its not Roush / Fenway.